Standard Bangladeshi actress Rokeya Prachy was allegedly attacked by a violent mob on August 15 when she was heading to 32 Bangbandhu Highway to pay her respects to the nation’s founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rehman on his martyrdom day.
Talking solely to India Immediately TV, Prachy mentioned that through the assault, an indignant mob tore down posters and talked about killing her.
“They had been all BNP and Jamaat Islami supporters and staff. They needed to kill me. They danced after beating me and chased me away. They tore my garments and bodily harassed the ladies,” Prachy recalled.
The well-known Bangladeshi actress is a current sufferer of the rising wave of violence that has hit Bangladesh in current weeks.
The disaster has change into more and more harmful for Awami League leaders and those that expressed help for former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled the nation on August 5 amid violent scholar protests.
Lots of the leaders of the previous ruling social gathering have gone underground for worry of dropping their lives. It needs to be famous that this obstacle will not be restricted solely to politicians, however has now additionally affected actors.
“I do not know if I will be protected tomorrow. I do not see something vital on this new independence,” Prachy mentioned.
To color a greater image of the present state of affairs, Prachi drew comparisons with the state of affairs in Bangladesh in 1971. “We now have heard about 1971, that is larger than that. A number of Hindus had been attacked. Components are attempting to erase the reminiscences of Bangabandhu and his self-sacrifice,” she mentioned. “They wish to change the nationwide anthem. This protest is a very totally different protest; it’s conserving the quota problem as a entrance.”
The actor additionally questioned: Who’s working the present in Bangladesh?
“I do not know who’s ruling the nation proper now, they’re simply killing and hanging the corpses,” Prachy mentioned.
“Are we below the rule of some Nobel Prize winner or some quota military? I can’t compromise on something in my nation even at gunpoint. What is going on right this moment is an try and destroy the roots of Bangladesh,” he added.
