PM Sheikh Hasina flees Bangladesh: Media reports

Dhaka, Aug 5 Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and left the country amid deadly quota protests that reached her official residence on Monday forcing her to flee, said media reports, hinting that she might have taken refuge in India.

The troubled nation’s Army chief, to whom the 76-year-old PM submitted her resignation, has announced the formation of interim government, reports said.

Hasina’s extreme step followed a 45-minute ultimatum given to her by the Army chief, a day after clashes killed nearly 100 people across the country, said media reports.

The PM, departed from her residence on Monday afternoon on a military helicopter for an undisclosed destination, The Dhaka Tribune reported.

She was accompanied by her younger sister, Sheikh Rehana, as they left for a “safer place”, the report said.

Somoy News TV claimed Sheikh Hasina left the country after submitting her resignation to the country’s Army Chief.

Hasina, dtook office for her fourth straight five-year term as the country’s Prime Minister in January this year after her ruling Bangladesh Awami League (AL) party won a landslide victory in the parliamentary elections.