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Protesters vandalised a mural of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Sheikh Mujib Tower in Kaliganj upazila of Jhenaidah, said locals on Friday morning. Local Awami League leader Rashed Shamsher built the 123-foot-tall Sheikh Mujib Tower, known as the Statue of Freedom, in Shamshernagar village under Kashtabhanga Union a few years ago.
On Thursday evening, members of the anti-discrimination student movement marched to the site and destroyed murals and structures associated with Sheikh Mujib.
They later took the broken pieces to Barobazar town, set them on fire, and left them burning on the road.
Hossain Ahmed, a coordinator of the district chapter of the student movement, said, "No murals or structures of Sheikh Hasina's family will remain in this country. There will be no trace of fascism on the soil of Bengal. That is why we demolished and burned the murals."
Hundreds of students and locals reportedly took part in the demonstration.
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