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Three more murder cases filed against Sheikh Hasina

Three more murder cases filed against Sheikh Hasina

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August 27, 2024, 5:00 p.m.

Last modified: August 27, 2024, 5:03 p.m.

Sheikh Hasina. File photo: Collected

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Sheikh Hasina. File photo: Collected

Sheikh Hasina. File photo: Collected

Three separate murder cases have been filed against a total of 155 people, including former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, for the murders of one Meraj Hossain in Demra, Monsur Miah in Basila in Mohammadpur and Nahidul in Mirpur during the student movement against discrimination.

A complaint has been filed in Dhaka Magistrate Belal Hossain Court against 92 people for the murder of Meraj Hossain in the capital’s Demra area on August 5. The court, after recording the statement of the complainant, has asked the police station concerned to take up the case as a First Information Report (FIR).

Other prominent accused, besides Sheikh Hasina, in the case are Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun, Habibur Rahman, Harun Ur Rashid and Biplab Kumar Sarkar.

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One Ainal Haque filed another complaint with the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury Court for the murder of his brother Monsur Miah in Basila, Mohammadpur on July 19 against 22 people, including Sheikh Hasina.

The court, after recording the statement of the complainant, asked the Mohammadpur police station to accept the case as an FIR.

Other important accused in this case are Obaidul Quader, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, Anisul Huq, Tajul Islam, Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Hasan Mahmud, Mohammad A Arafat and Salman F Rahman.

Meanwhile, another case has been filed against 41 people, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, for the murder of Nahidul Islam in the capital’s Mirpur area on July 19. Nahidul’s brother Sobuj filed the case with the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehedi Hasan Court. The court, after recording the statement of the complainant, asked the Mirpur police station to accept the case as an FIR.

Other prominent accused in the case are Sajeeb Wazed Joy, Obaidul Quader, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, Fazle Noor Taposh and Fazle Shams Porosh.