A case has been filed against the deposed prime minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina and six others on murder charges in Mohammadpur area under an order by Dhaka’s Chief Metropolitan Magistrate.
The case was filed over the death of grocery shop owner Abu Saiyed in police firing.
The other accused are: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, former inspector general of police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, former DB chief Harun ar rashid, former DMP commissioner Habibur Rahman and former DMP joint commissioner Biplob Kumar Sarker.
This is first case filed against Sheikh Hasina after she resigned and left Bangladesh to India on August 5.
Amir Hamza Shatil, a resident of Mohammadpur, filed an application to file a murder case with the Court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury against Sheikh Hasina and others.
After scrutinizing the documents submitted before the court, the judge asked the officer-in-charge of Mohammadpur Police Station to register the complaint as a First Information Report (FIR).
In his complaint, Shatil mentioned that Abu Sayeed was killed at 4 pm on July 19 when police was shooting indiscriminately at students and common people during the quota reform protests.
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