[02-10-2025] Bangladesh launches ‘Operation Devil Hunt’ against Hasina loyalists

Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, head of the interior ministry in the interim government that took over after Hasina was ousted in the August 2024 student-led revolution, has dubbed it “Operation Devil Hunt”.

It will continue until we uproot the devils,” Chowdhury told reporters. The sweeping security operations come after days of unrest.

On Wednesday, six months to the day since Hasina fled as crowds stormed her palace in Dhaka, protesters smashed down buildings connected to her family using excavators.

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