Vikrant Shekhawat : Aug 11, 2024, 08:55 AM
Bangladesh Violence: The heat of protests in Bangladesh has now reached the judicial system of the country. In view of the protests of the students, Bangladesh Chief Justice Obaidul Hasan has had to resign. The Chief Justice is the fifth person who has had to resign amid the protests. Sheikh Hasina has already left Bangladesh. She has taken refuge in India. After the resignation of the Chief Justice, there is now a danger of the country's judicial system being shaken.The Chief Justice of the neighboring country decided to resign at around 1 pm on Saturday when the protesters gathered in the court premises. The protesters had given time till 1 pm demanding the resignation of the Chief Justice and the judges of the Appellate Division. After this the Chief Justice decided to resign. After the resignation of the CJI, the judicial system of the country has collapsed.Since the coup in Bangladesh and the resignation of Sheikh Hasina, four big faces have either resigned or have been removed from the post. In this, the first was Bangladesh Police Chief Chowdhury Al-Mamun, who was sacked. After this, Bangladesh Intelligence Chief Major General Ziaul Hasan was also removed from his post. At number three, the country's National Security Advisor Tariq Ahmed Siddiqui lost his post and now at number four is the Chief Justice of the country, who had to resign.First Hasina left the countryThere was a political upheaval in Bangladesh when the protesting students entered the Prime Minister's residence. Sheikh Hasina had to leave the country in a hurry. Then the matter of her resignation also came to the fore. However, now her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy has claimed that Hasina did not resign. After Hasina left the country, an interim government has been formed in Bangladesh. Mohammad Yunus has become the Prime Minister.Tariq Ahmed Siddiqui is not knownWhen Sheikh Hasina was the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Tariq Ahmed Siddiqui was counted among the second most powerful people in the country. Tariq Ahmed Siddiqui was the National Security Advisor to Sheikh Hasina. It is believed that Tariq Ahmed Siddiqui is also missing since the day Hasina left Bangladesh. An interim government has been formed in the country, so he has also lost the post of National Security Advisor. Siddiqui is the younger brother of Shafiq Ahmed Siddiqui, husband of Sheikh Hasina's only surviving sister Sheikh Rehana.Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun sackedOn Tuesday, the day after Sheikh Hasina left the country, the army sacked Bangladesh Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun. According to media reports, after the announcement of the interim government in the country, Commandant Mohammad Mainul Islam has been made the new Inspector General of Police. Sheikh Hasina appointed Abdullah Al Mamun as IGP on 30 September 2022. Before becoming IGP, Mamun was the Director General of RAB while before that he was the head of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).Intelligence head Ziaul Hasan removedAfter Sheikh Hasina left the country, the army removed Ziaul Hasan, a close official of the former Prime Minister and the country's intelligence head, from his post. After this, he was also taken into custody. Hasan was taken into custody from the airport itself. According to local media reports, Hasan was also planning to leave the country, for this he had gone to the runway to take off the plane from Dhaka airport, but in the middle it was brought back near the boarding bridge. Later he was taken into custody from the airport itself.Now the resignation of the Chief JusticeNot even a week has passed since the coup in Bangladesh that now the Chief Justice of the country has had to resign. Chief Justice Hasan resigned from his post after the demand of the protesters and their entry into the court premises. It is believed that if he had not left the post, some incident could have happened to him. The Chief Justice had called a full court meeting with all the judges of both divisions of the Supreme Court on Saturday. The protesters saw the full court meeting as a judicial coup. After which a large number of people entered the court premises and surrounded it from all sides.