Bangladesh post-resignation violence (2024–present)
Following the resignation of Sheikh Hasina on 5 August 2024, the post-resignation violence in Bangladesh took place, between protesters and opposition activists on one side, and Awami League supporters, government and security officials on the other.
In 2017, after nearly a million Rohingya entered the country, fleeing from genocide in Myanmar, Hasina received credit and praise for giving them refuge and assistance.
The majority of the fatalities were caused by gunshots fired by the police and other government forces, using lethal and deadly weapons, against unarmed protestors and non-protesting civilians, including children and pedestrians.
Similar attacks also took place in the office of Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club[37] Star Cineplex branch in Rajshahi was looted and vandalized.
[38] The chairman of Bochaganj Upazila Parishad Afsar Ali went to file a case about his house being vandalized instead he was forced to resign by students and arrested by the police.
[45] Awami League men attacked the office of Alamgir Sarder, President of Nilphamari District unit of Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
[5] Talimul Islam Khan, Ganganandpur union parshad member was burned alive in Jhikargacha Upazila after his house was barricaded and set on fire.
[45] The home of Suman Khan, Joint General Secretary of Lalmonirhat District Awami League was burned down killing six people inside.
[5] On 15 August, anniversary of the murder of former President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family, mourners were prevented from reaching Bangabandhu Memorial Museum.
[59] One of the mob was a lecturer at the Alhaz Mockbul Hossain College, Abu Sufiyan, who said he was there to protect the "Independence" and another was the Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatra Dal activist who was dancing to Hindi music.
[47] On 18 August, a Chhatra League activist was tied to a tree for two hours and handed over to Bangladesh Army when he tried to enter his dorm room at the University of Rajshahi.
[45] On 11 August, Rabiul Islam Nayan, Dhaka City North Unit member secretary of the Jatiyabadi Jubo Dal which is the youth front of BNP was put on allegation of leading a mob to Islami Bank's main branch in Motijheel to establish control over the first sharia based bank in Bangladesh and sparked tensions.
[66] On 26 August, after the July revolution, the two opposition parties which had been in alliance since 1991 general elections have been drifting away from their ties after the Jamaat chief Shafiqur Rahman's disparaging comments about the BNP.
In an interview given to the Bangladeshi English newspaper The Daily Star, BNP's Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir stated on 30 August 2024[68] The alliance we had with the Jamaat had become dysfunctional long ago.
[69] On 9 October 2024, TCB (Trading Corporation of Bangladesh) cards in Ishwardi, Pabna, 8 were injured after gunfire and clashes between the BNP and Jamaat activists.
[76][77] On 7 January, the union office of Jamaat-e-Islami and 6 shops of their supporters were locked after a conflict earlier yesterday, the BNP convener later resolved the issue and mentioned the event as saddening.
[78][79] On 12 January, a major clash in Kushtia leaves almost 25 injured which was due to a dispute over the election of the president of the Burapara Miton Secondary School managing committee in Mirpur Upazila between Mokhlesur Rahman Mukul, the Amir of the Jamaat in Amla Union, and local BNP leader Rashed Mahmud Nasir.
[45] Scattered incidents of desecration of tombs of Sufi saints by Islamists affiliated to Deobandi organisations occurred at various places, most notably in Gulistan of Dhaka, Bandar and Sonargaon in Narayanganj, Kazipur in Sirajganj and Ranishankail in Thakurgaon.
[103] On Christmas Eve 2024, houses of 17 Tripuri Christian converts were ransacked & burnt down at Lama Upazila of Bandarban District in Chittagong Hill Tracts by Bengali Muslim vandals.
The OHCHR report described the violence against Hindus to be motivated by "religious & ethnic discrimination, revenge against Awami League supporters, local communal disputes over land & interpersonal issues.
[110] On August 5, 2024, the house of renowned Bangladeshi folk musician Rahul Ananda was vandalized, looted, and set ablaze by a violent mob in Dhaka's Dhanmondi area.
[112] On 6 August, retired school teacher Mrinal Kanti Chatterjee was killed while his wife and daughter were injured at their home in Bagerhat Sadar Upazila.
The golden crown donated by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the shrine of Jessoreshwari during his state visit in 2021 was reported to have been stolen by unidentified miscreants.
[116] A new wave of anti-Hindu violence spread throughout the country by the end of 2024, caused by the arrest of the Hindu religious leader Chinmoy Krishna Das for his alleged involvement in the murder of Saiful Islam Alif & Hefazat-e-Islam demanding a ban on ISKCON.
[117] After the visit of India's foreign secretary on 9 December 2024, the interim Bangladeshi government stated that it had arrested 77 people in connection to 88 cases registered for violence against Hindus.
Indian Minister of External Affairs (MoS), Kirti Vardhan Singh stated in the Lok Sabha that between 26 November 2024 & 25 January 2025, 76 incidents of anti-Hindu violence have taken place.
[36] The office of the president and general secretary of the Jatiya Press Club was vandalized and forcefully occupied after Abdul Hannan Masud of quota movement demanded their resignation and banning Awami League supporting journalists from the profession.
[129] A mob led by ATM Akram Hossain Talim, Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician, vandalized Bagerhat Press Club.
[131] Moniruzzaman Monir, President of Raipura Upazila press club and correspondent of Desh Rupantar, was shot after being physically assaulted on 13 August.
[132] In Dhaka, police stations of Badda, Jatrabari, Khilgaon, Mohammadpur, Rampura, Tejgaon Industrial Area, and Uttara East were attacked and many were set on fire.
