Fearing reprisals, Hasina’s supporters flee Bangladesh

FILE - Police escort former private industry and investment adviser to the former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Salman Fazlur Rahman, center, to the court of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Aug. 14, 2024. FILE - A police van carrying former law minister Anisul Huq and former Industry minister and adviser to the former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Salman Fazlur Rahman, enters the court premises in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Aug. 14, 2024.

A day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled Bangladesh on Aug. 5, Major General Ziaul Ahsan of the Bangladesh Army was sacked for his suspected role as the mastermind behind scores of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings.