Bangladesh’s safety forces arrested 1,308 folks beneath “Operation Satan Hunt”, launched in a single day amid nationwide vandalism as unrest gripped the nation for the previous 4 days, with the interim authorities vowing to proceed the crackdown till “all devils” had been uprooted.
Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus-led interim authorities ordered “Operation Satan Hunt” on Saturday (February 8, 2025) after pupil activists had been injured throughout vandalism on the home of an Awami League chief on the outskirts of Dhaka.
‘Operation Satan Hunt’
Main media shops together with the Day by day Star stated on Sunday (February 9, 2025) that joint forces comprising military troops, police and their specialised items arrested 274 folks majorly in metropolitan cities and others in several components of the nation within the 24 hours because the operation was launched.
“The operation will goal those that are determined to destabilise the nation . . . it is going to proceed till all devils are rooted out,” Dwelling Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury stated.
In keeping with mainstream media experiences, 81 activists of the deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League had been arrested from Gazipur on the outskirts of Dhaka, the place the conflict erupted and prompted authorities to order Operation Satan Hunt.
Assault on Awami League social gathering
On Friday evening, a minimum of 14 people, all belonging to the mobs out to vandalise and destroy all indicators of deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League social gathering, had been injured as they got here beneath assault in Gazipur metropolis’s Dakshinkhan space. The violence occurred in the course of the assault on the residence of former Liberation Warfare Affairs Minister Mozammel Haque.
Mr. Haque is one in every of most of the senior ministers and Awami League leaders who’re on the run at dwelling and overseas because the ouster of Hasina’s authorities in a mass rebellion led by the scholars’ platform whereas many had been arrested.
Ms. Hasina and most of her senior colleagues within the authorities had been charged beneath quite a few fees together with the fee of crimes towards humanity by brutal crackdown to tame the July mass rebellion that finally toppled her authorities on August 5, 2024.
Ms. Hasina, 77, fled Bangladesh and has been dwelling in India since then.
In the meantime, Dwelling Affairs Advisor Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has stated that Operation Satan Hunt can be concentrating on those that search to destabilise the nation, stressing that the crackdown would proceed till the “devils” are delivered to e-book.
Declare of interim authorities on violence
Requested in regards to the targets of the operation, Mr. Jahangir stated, “What does ‘satan’ imply? It refers to evil forces. This operation is geared toward those that attempt to destabilise the nation, break the legislation, have interaction in felony actions, and commit acts of terrorism.” Mr. Jahangir, a former army officer, stated that these concerned in current assaults on college students in Gazipur can be delivered to justice.
“Lots of these accountable have already been arrested. Those that haven’t can be caught quickly and we’ll guarantee they obtain the utmost punishment.” Speaking to the media on Sunday, Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam stated {that a} command centre, established to watch the legislation and order state of affairs intensively, has began working this night.
“The Operation Satan Hunt started yesterday…to coordinate the works of legislation imposing businesses, the command centre goes to start out its works from 6 pm right now.” Mr. Alam stated the members of the legislation enforcement businesses and representatives of the armed forces will work on the command centre.
“We hope that following the institution of the centre, the legislation and order state of affairs will enhance and a fast response may be carried out to any risk,” he stated.
The Anti-Discrimination Scholar Motion leaders declare their activists went to the ex-minister’s home to stop looting however had been attacked by miscreants. Additionally they held a day-long protest and rally in Gazipur. After the protest, a pupil was injured in a taking pictures by miscreants in entrance of the Deputy Commissioner’s workplace round 6:30 pm.
Friday’s incident was a part of the widespread violence that erupted throughout the nation on Wednesday evening over a dwell on-line deal with by Hasina.
Mobs focused supporters of the deposed Prime Minister and vandalised their houses and companies in Dhaka and different cities.
Protesters additionally set hearth to the historic 32 Dhanmondi residence of Bangladesh’s founding chief Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who had proclaimed the nation’s independence in 1971 from this home.
In an announcement on Friday, Chief Adviser Yunus referred to as for “full legislation and order” and an finish to assaults on the properties of the deposed premier’s household and leaders of her “fascist” Awami League.
Former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Occasion (BNP) urged the interim authorities to curb “mob tradition” and restore legislation and order, warning that failure to take action may result in the reemergence of “fascist” forces.
The social gathering introduced a sequence of nationwide rallies beginning February 11, demanding efficient measures to handle the deteriorating legislation and order state of affairs and push for an electoral roadmap.
Revealed – February 10, 2025 11:13 am IST
