Sheikh Hasina Lands at Hindon Air Base After Military Coup In Dhaka

Bangladesh Unrest: Sheikh Hasina, who resigned as Prime Minister of Bangladesh after facing a military coup in Dhaka, landed at the Hindon Air Base in Ghazaibad, in Uttar Pradesh on Monday. Several reports say that she will stay in India tonight until be leaving for London later. Hasina had earlier arrived in Agartala. 

Sources said that Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina landed at Hindon Air Base in a C-130 transport aircraft. The aircraft will be parked near the Indian Air Force’s C-17 and C-130J Super Hercules aircraft hangars. The aircraft movement was monitored by Indian Air Force and security agencies from its entry into Indian airspace to Hindon airbase in Ghaziabad.

Meanwhile, the Delhi Police has beefed up security at the Bangladesh High Commission in Chanakyapuri in the wake of developments in the neighbouring country, an officer said.

Police have also made tightened security outside the Indira Gandhi International Airport, in case Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina lands in the national capital. Hasina has resigned and an interim government is taking over, Bangladesh Army Chief General Waqar-uz-Zaman announced on Monday.

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"More barricades have been placed outside the commission and the number of police personnel deployed there has been increased," a Delhi Police officer said.

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.