<p>Dhaka: Protesters in Bangladesh have demolished more houses of leaders of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League and defaced murals of the country's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman after they vandalised and <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/world/protesters-set-fire-to-bangladesh-founder-sheikh-mujibur-rahmans-home-during-hasinas-speech-3391730">set on fire</a> the former family home of the deposed prime minister.</p>.<p>The unrest sparked after a live online address of <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/sheikh-hasina">Hasina</a>.</p>.<p>Several thousand people rallied in front of Hasina's father Mujibur Rahman's house in the capital’s Dhanmondi area, which was earlier turned into a memorial museum, early Wednesday following a social media call for “Bulldozer Procession” as Hasina was supposed to make her address.</p>.<p>An excavator later started demolishing the residence. The demolition was still underway on Thursday morning.</p>.<p>The residence of Hasina, Sudha Sadan, located on Road 5 in Dhanmondi, was also set on fire by protesters late on Wednesday, <em>The Daily Star</em> newspaper reported.</p>.<p>Since the ousting of the Hasina-led government on August 5, Sudha Sadan had been completely vacated.</p>.Bangladesh interim govt making all efforts to bring back Sheikh Hasina and others from India: Home Adviser.<p>Protesters also demolished the Khulna home of Hasina's cousins Sheikh Helal Uddin and Sheikh Salauddin Jewel.</p>.<p>Thousands of people gathered around the house, chanting "Delhi or Dhaka -- Dhaka, Dhaka" and "Down with Mujibism".</p>.<p>Ahsan Habib, additional deputy commissioner of Khulna Metropolitan Police, told <em>The Daily Star</em>, "I have seen the news of the incident on Facebook, but I don't have further information." Sheikh Helal was the former MP of Bagerhat-1 and Sheikh Salahuddin Jewel was the former MP of Khulna-2.</p>.<p>Protesting students removed the name of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall of Dhaka University.</p>.<p>The homes of former lawmaker of Kushtia-3 and Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif and president of Kushtia Awami League Sadar Khan were ransacked.</p>.<p>Protesters in Chattogram took out a torch procession to demonstrate against Hasina's speech, which was broadcast from Bangladesh Awami League's social media handles last night.</p>.<p>They later defaced Sheikh Mujib's murals at Chittagong Medical College and in the city's Jamal Khan area.</p>.<p>Leaders and activists of Students Against Discrimination held a protest rally and a sit-in in the Bandar Bazar in Sylhet.</p>.<p>The mural of Mujib at Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur was defaced by the protesters on Thursday.</p>.<p>In Barishal, demonstrators brought a bulldozer to the house of Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah, former mayor of the city corporation and Hasina's relative. He owns a two-storey home in the city's Kalibari Road area.</p>.<p>Protesters vandalised a mural of Bangabandhu near the Circuit House ground in Mymensingh city with hammers and crowbars around 11:30 pm yesterday, Prothom Alo newspaper reported.</p>.<p>The "Mujib Mural" of Bangabandhu Hall was also vandalised at the National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam University in Trishal.</p>.<p>The mural of Mujibur Rahman and his wife Fazilatunnesa Mujib at the Chuadanga deputy commissioner's office was demolished around 12:15 am on Thursday, the Bangla Daily reported.</p>.<p>In Bhairab, Kishoreganj, the protesters vandalised the mural of Mujib at the upazila Awami League office and at the upazila parishad last night.</p>.<p>The student movement earlier promised to scrap Bangladesh’s 1972 Constitution as they promised to bury the “Mujibist constitution” while some far-right groups also suggested a change of the national anthem adopted by Mujib-led post-independence government.</p>.<p>Hasina, 77, has been living in India since August 5 last year when she fled Bangladesh following a massive student-led protest that toppled her Awami League’s 16-year regime.</p>.<p>Hasina's father is widely viewed as an independence hero, but anger at his daughter has tarnished his legacy.</p>.<p>In a Facebook livestream, Hasina condemned the attack and demanded "justice".</p>.<p>"They can demolish a building, but they can't erase history," she said.</p>.<p>Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has issued arrest warrants for Hasina and several former Cabinet ministers, advisers, and military and civil officials for “crimes against humanity and genocide”. </p>
<p>Dhaka: Protesters in Bangladesh have demolished more houses of leaders of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League and defaced murals of the country's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman after they vandalised and <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/world/protesters-set-fire-to-bangladesh-founder-sheikh-mujibur-rahmans-home-during-hasinas-speech-3391730">set on fire</a> the former family home of the deposed prime minister.</p>.<p>The unrest sparked after a live online address of <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/sheikh-hasina">Hasina</a>.</p>.<p>Several thousand people rallied in front of Hasina's father Mujibur Rahman's house in the capital’s Dhanmondi area, which was earlier turned into a memorial museum, early Wednesday following a social media call for “Bulldozer Procession” as Hasina was supposed to make her address.</p>.<p>An excavator later started demolishing the residence. The demolition was still underway on Thursday morning.</p>.<p>The residence of Hasina, Sudha Sadan, located on Road 5 in Dhanmondi, was also set on fire by protesters late on Wednesday, <em>The Daily Star</em> newspaper reported.</p>.<p>Since the ousting of the Hasina-led government on August 5, Sudha Sadan had been completely vacated.</p>.Bangladesh interim govt making all efforts to bring back Sheikh Hasina and others from India: Home Adviser.<p>Protesters also demolished the Khulna home of Hasina's cousins Sheikh Helal Uddin and Sheikh Salauddin Jewel.</p>.<p>Thousands of people gathered around the house, chanting "Delhi or Dhaka -- Dhaka, Dhaka" and "Down with Mujibism".</p>.<p>Ahsan Habib, additional deputy commissioner of Khulna Metropolitan Police, told <em>The Daily Star</em>, "I have seen the news of the incident on Facebook, but I don't have further information." Sheikh Helal was the former MP of Bagerhat-1 and Sheikh Salahuddin Jewel was the former MP of Khulna-2.</p>.<p>Protesting students removed the name of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall of Dhaka University.</p>.<p>The homes of former lawmaker of Kushtia-3 and Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif and president of Kushtia Awami League Sadar Khan were ransacked.</p>.<p>Protesters in Chattogram took out a torch procession to demonstrate against Hasina's speech, which was broadcast from Bangladesh Awami League's social media handles last night.</p>.<p>They later defaced Sheikh Mujib's murals at Chittagong Medical College and in the city's Jamal Khan area.</p>.<p>Leaders and activists of Students Against Discrimination held a protest rally and a sit-in in the Bandar Bazar in Sylhet.</p>.<p>The mural of Mujib at Begum Rokeya University in Rangpur was defaced by the protesters on Thursday.</p>.<p>In Barishal, demonstrators brought a bulldozer to the house of Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah, former mayor of the city corporation and Hasina's relative. He owns a two-storey home in the city's Kalibari Road area.</p>.<p>Protesters vandalised a mural of Bangabandhu near the Circuit House ground in Mymensingh city with hammers and crowbars around 11:30 pm yesterday, Prothom Alo newspaper reported.</p>.<p>The "Mujib Mural" of Bangabandhu Hall was also vandalised at the National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam University in Trishal.</p>.<p>The mural of Mujibur Rahman and his wife Fazilatunnesa Mujib at the Chuadanga deputy commissioner's office was demolished around 12:15 am on Thursday, the Bangla Daily reported.</p>.<p>In Bhairab, Kishoreganj, the protesters vandalised the mural of Mujib at the upazila Awami League office and at the upazila parishad last night.</p>.<p>The student movement earlier promised to scrap Bangladesh’s 1972 Constitution as they promised to bury the “Mujibist constitution” while some far-right groups also suggested a change of the national anthem adopted by Mujib-led post-independence government.</p>.<p>Hasina, 77, has been living in India since August 5 last year when she fled Bangladesh following a massive student-led protest that toppled her Awami League’s 16-year regime.</p>.<p>Hasina's father is widely viewed as an independence hero, but anger at his daughter has tarnished his legacy.</p>.<p>In a Facebook livestream, Hasina condemned the attack and demanded "justice".</p>.<p>"They can demolish a building, but they can't erase history," she said.</p>.<p>Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has issued arrest warrants for Hasina and several former Cabinet ministers, advisers, and military and civil officials for “crimes against humanity and genocide”. </p>