A homicide case has been filed in opposition to former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 6 others for his or her alleged involvement withinside the demise of grocery store proprietor Abu Sayeed, who changed into killed in a police taking pictures on July 19, Bangladesh newspaper The Daily Star reported.
According to the file , Sayeed's frame changed into determined on July 19 in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur area.This marks the primary prison motion in opposition to Sheikh Hasina when you consider that her resignation from the Prime Minister's workplace on August 5, observed via way of means of her departure to India. The different accused withinside the case encompass Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, former Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, ex-DB leader Harun Or Rashid, former DMP commissioner Habibur Rahman, and ex-DMP Joint Commissioner Biplob Kumar Sarker.Murder case in opposition to Sheikh Hasina: Key details
The grievance changed into lodged via way of means of Amir Hamza Shatil, a Mohammadpur resident and a "well-wisher of the victim", the file stated .
The case has been filed with the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court beneathneath Rajesh Chowdhury and is scheduled for an upcoming hearing.
According to a grievance filed via way of means of Shatil, Abu Sayeed changed into reportedly killed round four pm neighborhood time on July 19 at some point of an incident where "police had been indiscriminately taking pictures at college students and not unusualplace people” amidst the anti-quota protests. Shatil additionally stated that despite the fact that Abu Sayeed changed into now no longer a near acquaintance, he felt pressured to document the case.The grievance additionally famous that Abu Sayeed’s own circle of relatives is living in Boda Upazila of Bangladesh’s Panchagarh district. It stated that the victim’s own circle of relatives lacks the monetary method to provoke prison motion .Sheikh Hasina, who changed into in energy for greater than 15 years, changed into compelled to go away the us of a closing week amid excessive student-led protests. Initially beginning peacefully in early July, the demonstrations quick grew to become violent, and police intervention resulted withinside the deaths of loads of protesters.
On August 8, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus assumed the function of leader advisor, corresponding to a top minister, heading the meantime government.
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