Bangladesh crisis: Sheikh Hasina arrives at Ghaziabad airport, set to depart next to…
Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, has arrived at Ghaziabad’s Hindon Air Base in a C-130 transport aircraft. The aircraft will be stationed near the hangars of the Indian Air Force’s C-17 and C-130J Super Hercules.
According to reports, the plane’s movement was monitored by the Indian Air Force since its entry into the Indian airspace till its landing in Ghaziabad.
According to diplomatic sources cited by PTI, she will fly next to London after a stay in India.
It is not immediately clear whether the military transport aircraft will take her beyond India or she will travel to London in a different plane, the agency added.
According to reports, a senior Air Force officer received Sheikh Hasina.
India granted safe passage through its airspace to Hasina’s aircraft following a request from Dhaka.
New Delhi hasn’t reacted to the developments in Dhaka. However, it is closely monitoring all developments.
Earlier, Bangladesh Army Chief General Waqar-uz-Zaman confirmed that Sheikh Hasina had resigned and that an interim government would be formed.
“I’m taking all responsibility (of the country). Please cooperate,” he said in a televised address.
He said the army would take the law and order responsibility.
Sheikh Hasina fled Bangladesh after over 100 people were killed in just two days of protests against quotas in government jobs and educational institutions.
The controversial quota system allocated 30 percent of civil service jobs to families of veterans who fought in the 1971 liberation war.
She fled the country on the advice of her security team. She wasn’t prepared to leave, claimed reports.
Meanwhile, the Delhi police have enhanced security at Bangladesh’s high commission in the national capital.
Additional barricades have been set up outside the commission, and the number of police personnel deployed there has been increased,” stated a Delhi Police officer.
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