Bangladesh protest: As Hasina flees, protesters loot raw fish, chicken, duck and Dior suitcase from Ganabhaban

Bangladesh Protest: After Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation on Monday, protesters set fire to several key locations in Dhaka, including Bangabandhu Bhaban, also known as the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum, reported Dhaka Tribune.

Crowds ransacked Sheikh Hasina’s ancestral home-turned-museum where her father was assassinated, as well as the house of the country’s chief justice and Hasina’s previous personal home in Dhaka, the country's capital.

Sheikh Hasina, after resigning as the prime minister of Bangladesh, landed in Tripura's capital city Agartala. She was seen fleeing with her sister in a Bangladesh Air Force chopper. Agartala is closest to Bangladesh's capital city Dhaka.

Tens of thousands of people celebrated Sheikh Hasina’s resignation on Monday in Dhaka by taking to the streets. 

Sheikh Hasina Resignation: Key Points

-Thousands of people stormed Sheikh Hasina's residence ‘Ganabhaban’ in Dhaka amid scenes of jubilation in the streets.

-Local TV channel footage revealed hundreds of Bangladeshi protesters looting the building, taking chicken, fish, vegetables, and furniture from Sheikh Hasina's residence, Ganabhaban.

-As Sheikh Hasina fled, people stormed her residence, taking furniture and pulling food from the refrigerators. People continued to pour into and out of Hasina’s official residence, taking furniture and pulling raw fish from the refrigerators.

-The Dhaka district office of the Awami League was also set ablaze by protesters. Further, the Awami League president’s office at Dhanmondi 3/A was set on fire by demonstrators.

-Jubilant-looking crowds waved flags on the streets of Dhaka before hundreds broke through the gates of Sheikh Hasina's official residence. Crowds waved flags as some demonstrators danced on top of a parked tank in the capital Dhaka.

-The crowd also vandalised Sheikh Hasina's father and former Bangladesh President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's statue in Dhaka.

-Protesters defied a curfew imposed by the government, flooding Dhaka’s streets and clashing with security forces. Internet access was restricted, offices closed, and more than 3,500 factories were shut as part of the response to the crisis.

-Hasina had sought since early July to quell nationwide protests against her government but she fled after a brutal day of unrest on Sunday in which nearly 100 people were killed.

-The 76-year-old — who was the longest-serving female head of government — was elected for a fourth consecutive term in a January vote that was boycotted by her main opponents.

(Mint could not independently verify the visuals)