Bangladesh’s key police affiliation on Tuesday introduced that its members have been occurring strike following the protests that they had tried to suppress with deadly power, resulting in the ousting of the Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina who resigned on Monday.
“Till the safety of each member of the police is secured, we’re declaring a strike,” the Bangladesh Police Affiliation, which represents hundreds of cops, stated in an announcement, which additionally supplied an apology for police actions in opposition to the protesters.
LEADERSHIP recollects that Bangladesh Military Chief Basic Waker-Uz-Zaman introduced on Monday on state tv that Prime Minister Hasina had resigned and fled the nation, saying the army would type an interim authorities.
The 76 years outdated Hasina had been in energy since 2009 however was accused of rigging elections in January.
Tens of millions of individuals had taken to the streets over a month demanding for the resignation of the Prime Minister.
A whole lot of individuals died as safety forces sought to quell the unrest which grew larger and Hasina lastly fled Bangladesh aboard a helicopter on Monday because the army turned in opposition to her.
The police had largely remained loyal to the previous PM however stated that they had confronted revenge assaults by protesters after greater than a month of violence through which not less than 413 folks have been killed, together with a number of policemen.
“We beg for an apology for what the police power has finished to the harmless college students,” the Bangladesh Police Affiliation assertion stated.
It argued that its officers had been “compelled to open fireplace”, and that that they had been forged because the “villain”.
