Bangladesh sees SURGE IN VIOLENCE againstpolice under Yunus-led interim Government

has witnessed a surge in violence against law enforcement agencies under the Muhammad Yunus-led interim Government, the country’s media reported on Saturday citing details from the police reports. Bangladeshi police personnel have been victims of mob attacks and the country has witnessed as many as 225 attacks on law enforcement agencies in the last six months, the data revealed. According to the police headquarters reports, there were 24 such attacks on police in September 2024, 34 in October, 49 in November, 43 in December, 38 in January and 37 in February 2025. Apart from that, local policemen are being subjected to rude behaviour on the streets on a regular basis.

 

There are also several reports of attacks on police to snatch away the accused, Bangladesh’s leading Bengali daily ‘Prothom Alo’ reported on Saturday. Several videos of police personnel being beaten in andaround Dhaka and across thecountry by student activists andanti-social elements have goneviral on Bangladeshi social mediahandles over the past fewmonths.