Where Is Sheikh Hasina Headed? Bangladesh Aircraft Spotted Over India.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Resigns Amid Protests

New Delhi: Following over a month of intense and deadly anti-government protests, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who has been in power since 2009, resigned today and left the country. Army Chief General Waker-Us-Zaman announced that an interim government would be established.

Reports indicate that the 76-year-old leader departed Bangladesh on a military aircraft accompanied by her sister. According to footage from airline tracker Flight Radar, a Bangladesh Air Force Lockheed C-130J Hercules was seen flying over India, specifically over Jharkhand.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Resigns Amidst Deadly Protests

New Delhi: Initial reports suggested that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina might fly to West Bengal; however, airline data revealed that her aircraft bypassed the state. Sheikh Hasina, who has been in power since 2009, had resisted demands to step down but ultimately fled the country after a violent day of unrest on Sunday, resulting in nearly 100 deaths.

Sources indicate that her security team urged her to leave immediately, leaving her with no time to prepare. The country saw chaotic scenes from early morning, culminating in Hasina’s resignation. Massive crowds were seen waving flags and dancing on top of a tank in the streets before hundreds breached the gates of her official residence. Some protesters even damaged a statue of her father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the country’s independence hero.

Earlier, Hasina’s son, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, who is based in the US, urged security forces to prevent any power takeover from her 15-year rule. “Your duty is to keep our people safe and our country safe and to uphold the constitution,” he said in a Facebook post. “It means don’t allow any unelected government to come to power for one minute, it is your duty.”

The country’s military and other security forces had supported Hasina’s government through the unrest, which began last month over civil service job allocations. The protests escalated into broader demands for her resignation.

The demonstrations centered around the reintroduction of a quota scheme that reserved more than half of all government jobs for certain groups.