STAFF CORRESPONDENT

Within two and a half days since the fall of Sheikh Hasina, the country has witnessed widespread violence, ransacking, and the vandalism of archaeological sculptures, statues, and murals of Hasina and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

On Monday, a mob vandalised and set fire to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Mural and Bangabandhu Memorial Museum, the structure of Themis at the Supreme Court premises, Shadhinata Sangram Bhashkarjo at Fuller Road, the sculpture of Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin in Mymensingh, and the Mujibnagar Liberation War Memorial Complex in Meherpur.

On Wednesday night, miscreants vandalised part of the “Madhusudan De Smriti Sculpture” in front of Madhu’s Canteen on the Dhaka University premises.

In Mymensingh’s Zainul Park area, the sculpture of Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin in front of the Zainul Abedin Sangrahashala (art gallery) was damaged by a mob on Monday afternoon.

Additionally, miscreants also broke down the 144-year-old Venus sculpture in front of Shashi Lodge the same day.

Md Saiful Islam, an employee of the lodge, said the mob broke down the gate in the afternoon and later destroyed the sculpture.

Maharaja Suryakanta Acharya Chowdhury, one of the Muktagacha zaminders, built the lodge in 1880 after his adopted son Maharaja Shashikanta Acharya Chowdhury, at a cost of Tk 11 lakh.

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