Former Home Minister Sohel Taj has raised questions about who is responsible for recent incidents of arson, cocktail explosions, and political violence in Dhaka. In a Facebook post on November 12, he criticized what he described as the autocratic and corrupt rule of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, accusing her government of killings, disappearances, corruption, and undermining democracy. Taj urged people to read two books by freedom fighter Matiur Rahman Rentu—'Amar Fashi Chai' and 'Ontoraler Hotyakari Prodhanmontri'—to understand who benefits from such acts of violence. His comments come amid renewed political tension and violence in Bangladesh’s capital, where buses have been set on fire and several explosions reported.