Hours after she fled Dhaka for India after resigning as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina on Monday met National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval and senior military officials at the Hindon Airbase.

According to ANI news agency, citing sources, Indian Air Force and other security agencies are providing security to Hasina and she is being moved to a safe location.

Hasina held discussions with Doval on the present situation in Bangladesh and her future course of action.

Sources said Indian Air Force has put its personnel on alert in every eastern sector, in view of the present developments.

Hasina’s 15-year rule ended on Monday as she fled more than a month of deadly protests and the military announced it would form an interim government.

Hasina had sought to quell nationwide protests against her government since early July but she fled after a brutal day of unrest on Sunday in which nearly 100 people were killed.

Bangladesh’s army chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman said in a broadcast to the nation on state television that Hasina had resigned and the military would form a caretaker government.

“The country has suffered a lot, the economy has been hit, many people have been killed – it is time to stop the violence,” said Waker, dressed in military fatigues, shortly after jubilant crowds stormed and looted Hasina’s residence.

Demonstrations began over the reintroduction of a quota scheme that reserved more than half of all government jobs for certain groups.

The protests escalated despite the scheme being scaled back by Bangladesh’s top court.

At least 94 people were killed on Sunday, the deadliest day of the unrest, with protesters and government supporters battling each other with sticks and knives, and security forces opening fire.

The latest violence took the total number of people killed since protests began in early July to at least 320, according to an AFP tally based on police, government officials and doctors at hospitals.

With inputs from agencies

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Ousted Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina lands in India, discusses future course of action with NSA Doval