India, Feb. 6 -- A massive mob, consisting mostly of students and youth activists, demolished the home of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangladesh, in the heart of Dhaka on Thursday, and the arson and vandalism continued for hours without any effort by authorities to stop it.

The demolition followed a protest titled "Bulldozer March", which was organised on Wednesday through messages posted on social media platforms such as Facebook. The building, where Rahman was assassinated along with his wife, his brother, three sons, two daughters-in-law, and other relatives on August 15, 1975, was first set afire on Wednesday night before being fully demolished by Thursday morning.

Dhaka-based diplomats and other people familiar wi...