Flight carrying Sheikh Hasina lands at Hindon airbase near Delhi

New Delhi: Barely hours after leaving her country, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina landed at Ghaziabad's Hindon Airport on Monday evening. 

Earlier today, she resigned as Bangladesh's Prime Minister and left Dhaka. The Indian authorities tracked her flight, a Bangladesh Air Force C-130, crossing Gaya and nearing Varanasi at 4:15 pm. Meanwhile, reports indicate that she will be heading to London and is planning to seek political asylum in the country.

Police have also tightened security outside the Indira Gandhi International Airport, in case Hasina lands in the national capital, an officer said.

Hasina has resigned and an interim government is taking over, Bangladesh Army Chief General Waqar-uz-Zaman announced on Monday.

There were unconfirmed reports that she was headed to a city in India.

"More barricades have been placed outside the commission and the number of police personnel deployed there has been increased," a Delhi Police officer said.

More than 100 people have been killed in the protests against the Hasina government in the last two days.

The country has been witnessing fierce demonstrations over the controversial quota system that reserves 30 per cent of jobs for the families of veterans who fought the 1971 liberation war. (With inputs from agencies)