While local and international media, including the BBC, focused on the failures of the interim government in Bangladesh under Professor Yunus's six-month leadership, the demolition of the historic house at 32 Dhanmondi, along with many other residences and businesses belonging to leaders and supporters of Sheikh Hasina’s government and party, appeared to be part of a “meticulous plan #2” by his administration to divert public attention from these troubling news reports of his failure.

The arson and demolition occurred under the interim government, and there is substantial evidence to support this, including:

• Government involvement and inaction: Government organizations and agencies allegedly supplied the excavators used in the demolition.

• Law enforcement inaction: Despite the attacks being organized and announced on social media, law enforcement agencies did not intervene.

• Military's role: The military, which holds magistracy power, initially obstructed such activities in Barisal but left the scene shortly after, allowing the attackers to proceed unchecked.

• Interim government's response: Yunus’s interim government did not take any steps to prevent the demolition and arson across the country.

• Blame on Sheikh Hasina: The government blamed Sheikh Hasina for instigating the anarchy by giving a virtual speech, which was her right.

• Delayed statement: Yunus only issued a statement after the historic house at 32 Dhanmondi and other properties were destroyed.

• Alleged ISI involvement: Multiple sources, including Indian security establishments and a Bangladesh Army insider, claimed that the ISI orchestrated the attacks to create uncertainty and support radical Islamist forces.

• Social Media Evidence: Videos and posts on social media showed youths speaking against Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the Awami League in Urdu, demanding Sharia Law, and hoisting Pakistani and IS flags.

• Radical Islamist influence: The involvement of radical Islamist groups like Jamaat-e-Islami and Hizb-ut-Tahrir, with ties to the ISI, suggests a broader agenda to keep radical Islamists in power.

• Media Reaction: Local and international media, including the BBC, focused on the failures of the interim government.

• Public outrage: The demolition has sparked widespread sadness and outrage, with many viewing it as an attack on the nation's heritage and history.

Details:

Media reports indicate that this well-planned chaos was orchestrated under the interim government by a group of extremists and anti-liberation forces who appointed Yunus as the Chief Adviser of the current unconstitutional government. As a result, law enforcement agencies stood by as mere spectators, the home minister remained silent, and Yunus’s spokesperson issued a questionable statement blaming Sheikh Hasina’s scheduled video speech to her party for the destruction of a house that even the Pakistan army left untouched during the 1971 War of Liberation.

This nationwide arson attack evokes memories of the simultaneous 500 bomb explosions at 300 locations in 64 districts in 2005 by a terrorist group, as well as numerous bombings and arson attacks across the country from 2013 to 2016, which aimed to destabilize the nation. A similar wave of violence occurred in July 2024, which Yunus later described as “meticulously planned” to topple Sheikh Hasina.

On February 7, 2025, a leading Indian newspaper, the Telegraph, reported a wave of attacks targeting properties linked to Awami League leaders in Bangladesh. Multiple sources within the Indian security establishment, as well as an insider from the Bangladesh armed forces, claimed that this latest round of lawlessness—initiated by a bulldozer march to Rahman’s house at 32 Dhanmondi, which Hasina had converted into a museum—was planned by the ISI. The Pakistani agency has established deep connections with radical Islamist student leaders who are asserting their influence in the country.

“Some of the prominent student leaders, who form the backbone of Muhammad Yunus’s interim government, orchestrated the vandalism at the behest of ISI agents... These youths are affiliated with radical Islamist groups like Jamaat-e-Islami and Hizb-ut-Tahrir, which have strong ties to the ISI,” said a source in the Indian security establishment. “Pakistan’s flag was hoisted at 32 Dhanmondi last night, which serves as significant evidence of ISI involvement,” the source added, referencing purported videos circulating on social media.

An insider from the Bangladesh armed forces reported that the vandals who raided Rahman’s home and razed it to the ground were also flying Islamic State (IS) flags from atop 32 Dhanmondi, which became rubble after the attack.

“Yunus and his team have given ISI free rein in the country... At a time when political parties are discussing the schedule for the next general elections, the nation has been plunged into another phase of lawlessness instigated by the ISI, which wants radical Islamists to remain in power,” the insider told this correspondent.

According to the Bangladesh Army insider, this violence was orchestrated by the ISI to create further uncertainty in the country, aided by the radical Islamist forces that brought Yunus to power. “They utilized anti-Awami League rhetoric to galvanize the radical Islamists back onto the streets,” the source explained.

Social media activity in Bangladesh since the previous evening supports this theory, with Facebook live videos showing youths speaking against Rahman, his daughter Hasina, and the Awami League in Urdu while demanding Sharia Law going viral.

A post on X, associated with Defence Pakistan and believed to be an ISI proxy, further confirmed the involvement of the Pakistani spy agency in the recent vandalism.

“Bangladeshi revolutionaries have demolished Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s house in Dhanmondi-32, the very place where he conspired with India to break Pakistan. With this, not a single remnant of Mujibur Rahman remains in Bangladesh,” the post stated.

The demolition of the house at Dhanmondi 32, which was the residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has sparked a wide range of reactions. Many people are expressing sadness and outrage over the destruction of this historic site, which has come to symbolize the ongoing political turmoil in the country.

Political leaders, including members of the BNP, have suggested that the demolition might be part of a plot to create disorder and hinder the restoration of democracy.

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