Online Desk  :  Sheikh Hasina has taken refuge in India leaving Bangladesh. She arrived at Agartala, the capital of Tripura state of India, by a helicopter on Monday afternoon. Tripura police have also admitted that Hasina has arrived in Agartala. Sources said Sheikh Hasina left Bangladesh along with her sister Sheikh Rehana by a helicopter. After arriving in Agartala, the former prime minister of Bangladesh got onto Agartala Circuit House. Affter the arrival of Sheikh Hasina’s chopper in Agartala, the road from the airport to the Circuit House was closed.

Earlier, Army chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman in an address to the nation said an interim government will be formed to run the country as Sheikh Hasina has resigned from her post.
“We have held a fantastic discussion. We have decided to form an interim government,” he said after holding a meeting with leaders of different political parties at the Army Headquarters Monday afternoon. All activities of the country will now be operated by the interim government,
the army chief said.

“We will now go to the President to discuss the formation of the interim government through which the country will be run,” Waker-Uz-Zaman said and vowed to hold trials of all killings and injustice. “Please, keep trust in the army and the armed forces. I am taking all the responsibilities and vowing to protect people’s lives and properties. You should not lose hope. We will fulfill every demand of you and restore the peace and law and order, Insha’Allah,” he said.

The Army chief urged the people to cooperate with the armed forces and refrain from vandalism, killings and clashes. Meanwhile, the sculpture of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, at Dhaka’s Bijoy Sarani, was demolished on Monday afternoon. A group of people was seen breaking the sculpture with hammers. Following the leaked information about Sheikh Hasina’s resignation and departure from the country, thousands of people gathered on the streets, with a significant number converging at Bijoy Sarani.