Amid Sheikh Hasina’s resignation as Prime Minister and reports of her heading to the national Capital, the Delhi Police on Monday beefed up security at the Bangladesh High Commission and the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport in the national Capital.
Hasina has resigned and an interim government is taking over, Bangladesh Army Chief General Waqar-uz-Zaman announced on Monday. A Delhi Police officer stated that the police have beefed up security by increasing barricades outside the Bangladesh High Commission. “More barricades have been placed outside the commission and the number of police personnel deployed there has been increased,” he said.
Another police officer said that several senior police officers, including Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Devesh Kumar Mahla, visted the high commission to check the security arrangements.
Police have also tightened security outside the IGI Airport, in case the longest serving Prime Minister of Bangladesh lands in the national capital. There were unconfirmed reports that she was headed to a city in India.
More than 100 people have been killed in the protests against the Hasina government in the last two days. The country has been witnessing fierce demonstrations over the controversial quota system that reserves 30 per cent of jobs for the families of veterans who fought the 1971 liberation war.