Riots in Bangladesh are due to student protests. The death toll has increased to 105. Meanwhile, students studying in Bangladesh are coming back to India in groups across the border. They enter India through Tripura, Meghalaya, and West Bengal. The Sheikh Hasina government has issued a curfew across Bangladesh starting Friday night. The army has also been deployed to deal with the protest situation.
More than 300 students have crossed the border from Bangladesh through Tripura and Meghalaya and returned to India on Friday alone. They were doing some courses at different universities in Bangladesh. In recent times, educational institutions have been closed there. So they have decided to return home for now. He said that he will not return to Bangladesh until the situation becomes normal again. Several people crossed the West Bengal border and entered India on Friday night. Many foreign students are also returning home via India.
Most of those who returned home via Tripura, Meghalaya, on Friday are residents of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Meghalaya, and Jammu and Kashmir. They basically took two roads to return home. One group returned to Tripura via the Akhura land port near Agartala. Another group entered India through the Daoki land port in Meghalaya.
Student protests have been going on for the last few weeks, demanding reform of the reservation system in Bangladesh. Since last Monday, the flock has started to increase gradually. On that day, trouble started at Dhaka University, and on Tuesday, six people were killed in a clash between protesters and the police. Since then, the quota reform movement has gained momentum in various parts of Bangladesh. Internet services were shut down in large parts of Bangladesh to contain the situation and stop the spread of fake news.The death toll is increasing by leaps and bounds, almost every day. Meanwhile, Hasina’s government issued a nationwide curfew on Friday. As the police failed to handle the situation, the army was brought down.
Students who returned to India said that the situation in Bangladesh is very worrying. Initially, they decided to stay for a few days, even after the university was closed during the agitation. But the situation gradually got out of hand, they said. At one point, the situation was such that they could not even communicate with their families in India. Various restrictions were imposed. After that, everyone decided to return home. I contacted the Indian Embassy. Train and metro services have been stopped in Bangladesh amid protests. Students crossed the border by road.
