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Published: 08:10 25 July 2024
A group of miscreants have unleashed an unprecedented rampage on government buildings amid student protests demanding quota reforms in government jobs. Banani and Mahakhali toll plaza of elevated expressway, BTV Bhawan, Setu Bhawan, metro rail station were burnt one by one in this rampage which started by setting fire to the toll plaza of Mayor Mohammad Hanif flyover in Jatrabari. The fire service was not spared. Mirpur Fire Service Station was attacked. The fire service vehicle was burnt. Firefighters were also injured in the attack by miscreants.
Dhaka North City Corporation's regional office, Mirpur's indoor stadium has been vandalized by miscreants. Miscreants also ransacked government buildings like BRTA building, disaster management building, health department. Police outpost and traffic box were burnt. The police station was also attacked. Never before in independent Bangladesh, such riots have been carried out in government buildings.
Not only in the capital, the miscreants have rampaged outside Dhaka as well. The district jail and municipal and union offices were set on fire in Narsingdi. 826 prisoners including 9 militants escaped by breaking the prison in Narsingdi. Narayanganj regional passport office, city corporation's city building ransacked.
The rampage of the demonstrators created anxiety in the public mind throughout the country including the capital. The government imposed a curfew at one point to deal with the situation. Along with that, the army was brought down. A lot of people are confined to their homes. No one left the house much unless necessary. However, the situation returned to normal within a short time after the army took to the streets. As a result, the curfew was relaxed.
Although the government has declared a general holiday from Sunday to Tuesday, public and private offices have been opened on a limited basis from Wednesday. Banking activities are going on on a limited scale. Transactions have also been launched in the stock market as banks open.
Public transport is running on the road. As a result, people have started to feel relieved. But it remains to be seen how long the perpetrators will bear the brunt of the rampage.
During the anti-quota movement, a group of miscreants blocked the road in Jatrabari area on Wednesday. At one stage, clashes started in Jatrabari area. Hanif flyover toll plaza was set on fire at night.
The miscreants went on a rampage in the Jatrabari area of the Dhaka-Chittagong highway throughout the night. The area was occupied by the protesters on Thursday. Also, in the second round, the toll plaza of Hanif flyover was set on fire.
The attackers took positions in different areas of the capital in groups with sticks. Along with that, riots were carried out in one government establishment after another. BRTA data center was set on fire. As a result, the internet service is stopped.
Due to this, the residents of the capital suffered greatly due to gas and electricity. There are many fears in the public mind. After being closed for six days, it was possible to start broadband services on a limited basis last Tuesday night.
Earlier, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina held a meeting with businessmen at her office on Monday. The Prime Minister highlighted the attack on various government facilities there. He said that BTV building was set on fire, Setu building was set on fire, Mohakhali database storage was set on fire, Metrorail station was attacked, Hanif flyover toll box was attacked at Shanir Akhra, PBI office was set on fire, Disaster Management Directorate was set on fire, Elevated Expressway toll plaza was set on fire.
At Narsingdi jail raided and prisoners taken out, some captured.
In the meeting, the businessmen promised to stay with the Prime Minister.
He also demanded that the miscreants who attacked various establishments be brought to justice. State Minister for Information Mohammad A. Arafat said the attacks were planned. The way militants attack.
He said that the data center is being burnt down so that the internet is off, the country is paralyzed. Who attacked the KPI building? Data center burnt, BTV set on fire, Dhaka to Chittagong BTCL landline set on fire.
Setu Bhavan, Directorate of Disaster Management, important parts of Metrorail have been burnt. Where there has been development, there have been attacks.
The BRTA headquarters was attacked on Thursday after the Hanif flyover toll plaza was set on fire. Then on Friday, BRTA's head office was attacked again. The attack was carried out at the Mirpur office of BRTA.
Miscreants vandalized various floors of the BRTA building and set it on fire. Valuables were looted.
The miscreants set fire to the vehicles in front of the bridge building at Mohakhali. Also, fire was set on the ground floor of the building. 55 cars of the bridge section were completely burnt by the fire they set.
Bangabandhu corner, reception center, auditorium, day care center on the ground floor of Setu Bhavan were also burnt. The upper floor of the bridge building was also burnt. Valuables of the building were looted.
Banani and Mohakhali toll plazas of Dhaka Elevated Expressway were attacked by miscreants.
Some regional offices of Dhaka North City Corporation were attacked and 30 cars were set on fire, 17 cars were vandalized. Spray machine for spraying mosquito repellent, mosquito repellent has been destroyed, street lamp has been removed.
The attackers set fire to vehicles in the basement and in front of the disaster management building in Mohakhali. The building was also set on fire. 53 cars and 16 motorcycles were completely burnt in this attack. The building's electrical substation, servers, emergency response coordination center, office equipment were also damaged.
The assailants have carried out large-scale vandalism at Mirpur-10 and Kazipara stations of Metrorail. Ticket vending machines, computers, printers, schedule monitors, were dismantled. The access control gate was damaged.
According to the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, in the violence of the last few days, about four and a half crores of damage was caused by setting fire to various structures of the traffic department of the DMP. The traffic deputy commissioner's office in Gulshan was burnt down.
AC Ramna, Rampura, Mohakhali and Uttara offices were burnt. A total of 54 traffic police boxes have been burnt in the entire Dhaka city.
Miscreants attacked Bangladesh Council of Science and Industrial Research-BCSIR in Dhanmondi and vandalized eight vehicles. Narsingdi district jail was set on fire. A total of 826 prisoners including 9 militants escaped from the prison.
A total of 826 prisoners including 9 militants escaped from the prison. At that time, the attackers snatched 85 weapons and more than eight thousand bullets from the prison.
The miscreants set fire to the regional passport office in the signboard area of the Dhaka-Narayanganj link road. The four-storied building was completely burnt. Eight thousand passports made to be given to customers were burnt.
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