Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy has told the BBC that there will be no political comeback for his mother, saying she was "so disappointed that after all her hard work, for a minority to rise up against her".

Speaking to Newshour on the BBC World Service, Joy - who was an official adviser of the prime minister until today - 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 was considered a failing state. It was a poor 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 yesterday. 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.