TDS Desk:

Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy has told the BBC that his mother will not come back to politics anymore, saying she was “so disappointed that some  people stood against her in spite of her hard work”.

Speaking to Newshour of the BBC World Service, Joy – who was an ICT adviser to the prime minister until Monday – says his mother had been considering resigning since Sunday and had left the country for her own safety after her family insisted, reports BBC.

Defending his mother’s record in power, he says: “She has turned Bangladesh around. When she took over power, it used to be considered a failed state. It was an impoverished country. Until today, it was considered one of the rising tigers of Asia. She’s very disappointed.”

Joy rejects accusations that the government had been heavy-handed in dealing with protestors. “You’ve had policemen beaten to death – 13 just on Sunday. So what do you expect the police to do when mobs are beating people to death?”

Hundreds of people have died in the protests so far, with the vast majority protesters.