The former familyhome of ousted prime minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina, as well as those of other members of her party have vandalized and set afire by protesters.

The deposed P.M had in a facebook livestream condemned the attack while she demanded for ‘justice’, taunting further by stating: “They can demolish a building, but they can’t erase history.”

The protest was sparked by the news that Hasina whose administration was seen as autocratic would address the country via social media from India, where she has been inexile since student-led protests ousted her last year.

On Wednesday evening, an excavator smashed down the house of Hasina’s late father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who is also Bangladesh’s founding president. The structure had been repurposed into a museum.

Hasina’s fatheris widely viewed as an independence hero, but anger at his daughter has tarnished his legacy among Hasina’s critics.

Hasina, once hailed as a pro-democracy icon, has seen her reputation sour after taking office. She has been accused of rigging elections and jailing her critics, and her administration was widely seen as corrupt.

She faces arrest warrants for cracking down on the student-led protests last year, which saw hundreds of people killed.

While Hasina fled to India last August, anger has not dissipated against her and her Awami League party mates.

On Wednesday, protesters also vandalised and torched the houses and businesses of senior Awami League leaders. There have been calls on social media to rid the country of “pilgrimage sites of fascism”.

Police told the BBC’s Bengali service that around 700 protesters showed up at the residence on Wednesday night, and dozens of police officers were deployed.

Since Hasina’s ouster, a caretaker government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has kept the country running.

But it has struggled to quell lingering unrest. Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets in recent months, demanding Hasina to be prosecuted for her deadly crackdown on student protesters.

While Yunus’ government tries to get Hasina extradited from India, it is also dealing with a looming economic crisis – Yunus has accused Hasina of faking Bangladesh’s economic growth and laundering billions of dollars during her rule.

Yunus has pledged to hold elections in late 2025 or early 2026.