National Film Award winning actress Rokeya Prachi and several others came under attack at Bangabandhu Museum at Dhanmondi 32 in Dhaka Wednesday evening while lighting candles on the eve of August 15, the 49th death anniversary of Bangladesh鈥檚 founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Around 50 people came to the Bangbandhu Museum, the residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, set up a portrait and a sculpture of Mujib there and began lighting candles there to mark August 15.
Rokeya Prachi told 抖阴精品 that 15 to 20 people carried out the attack on them with sticks at about 6:30pm.
鈥業 was mercilessly beaten with sticks. Some of our fellows tried to save me and they also became injured in the attack,鈥� she said.
鈥楾he attackers also vandalised the sculpture,鈥� she alleged. 聽聽聽
Dhanmondi police station officer-in-charge Md Emranul Islam said that he also heard about the matter.
鈥楴o police force was present there during the incident,鈥� Emranul added.
Bangabandhu Museum was vandalised and set on fire on August 5, hours after Sheikh Hasina resigned as prime minister and fled to India amid a student-led mass uprising.
Awami League and its associate bodies are scheduled to hold programme in Dhaka as elsewhere in the country to mark Sheikh Mujib鈥檚 death anniversary today.
Over 500 people were killed and several thousand were injured in violence between July and August 5 as students accused police of mass killing during their quota reform movement.
