By Vishu Adhana

New Delhi [India], November 10 (ANI): Defending the security forces' handling of the violent student protests that preceded the fall of Sheikh Hasina's government, former Bangladesh minister and Awami League leader Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury on Monday said law enforcement officials acted under extreme provocation and that their response "was neither unreasonable nor disproportionate."

Chowdhury, who served as Education Minister in the Hasina cabinet, said the protests that began over job quota reforms spiralled into violent attacks on police stations, with officers being targeted and killed.

According to him, the administration's only mistake was not anticipating the "sinister plan" behind the unrest and failing to take pre-emptive action before the situation escalated.

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