Hasina is reportedly traveling on Bangladesh Air Force transport aircraft, which is expected to have a stopover in India.

The protests demand Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s resignation over a controversial job quota system.

The fresh round of clashes erupted days after over 200 people were killed in violent clashes between the police and mostly student protesters demanding an end to a controversial quota system.

The refusal has ignited fresh protests, further clogging the capital’s major streets just days after over 200 lives were lost in violent anti-quota demonstrations.

This heightened security came after a faction of student protestors called for renewed demonstrations, despite a recent withdrawal of protests by their coordinators.

US recommended that its citizens do not travel to Bangladesh amid a strict curfew with shoot-at-sight orders imposed by Bangladesh police across the country in a move to end protests, largely by students demanding an end to quotas in government jobs, which began weeks ago.