Two more murder cases filed against Hasina in Bogura, Ctg

FE Team | Published: August 17, 2024 23:14:01

Deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina has been sued in two more cases over killings in the recent anti-quota protests, reports UNB.
In Chattogram, Sheikh Hasina and former Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel, along with 32 other Awami League leaders and activists, have been sued in a murder case related to the killing of college student Tanvir Siddiqui (19) during the quota reform movement in the Bahaddarhat area of Chattogram city.
The case was filed on Friday night at Chandgaon Police Station by Tanvir's uncle, Mohammad Parvez, naming a total of 34 individuals and 40 to 50 unidentified persons. This is the first case filed against Sheikh Hasina in Chattogram. Zahidul Kabir, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Chandgaon Police Station, confirmed the filing.
Tanvir was an HSC examinee of Ashekan Awlia Degree College.
"The case mentions 34 individuals, including the former Prime Minister and the former Education Minister, as accused. Additionally, 40 to 50 unidentified individuals have been included as suspects. Police Inspector (Investigation) Md Sabet Ali has been assigned to investigate the case," said OC Zahidul Kabir.
According to the case statement, the plaintiff mentioned that his nephew, Tanvir, participated in a "shutdown" programme under the banner of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement with other students on July 18 at around 2:30 pm. The students peacefully gathered on the road in front of the Bahaddarhat Kacha Bazar after marching from Muradpur area.
At around 4:20 pm, under the alleged orders of the former Prime Minister and former Education Minister, the remaining accused, along with 40-50 unidentified individuals, armed with deadly weapons including machetes, attacked the students, hurling stones and firing indiscriminately at Tanvir Siddiqui and others. Tanvir and many others were injured in gunfire. He was taken to Chattogram Medical College Hospital, where doctors later declared him dead, the case statement says.
In Bogura, a murder case has been filed against 101 individuals, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and AL general secretary Obaidul Quader, in connection with the killing of a teacher during the student movement in Bogura.
The case was filed following the complaint of Sikander Ali, father of the victim Selim Hossain, 40, on Thursday night at Bogura Sadar police station, naming Hasina and Quader as the instigators of the killing, said Saihan Oliullah, officer-in-charge (OC) of the police station.
Selim was a teacher of Light House School of Learning and Diversity in Murail, Kahaloo and resident of Palikanda village in Pirob union of Bogura's Shibganj upazila.
Other prime accused include Mujibur Rahman, president of Bogura district Awami League and former MP from Bogura-5 (Sherpur-Dhunot), and Ragebul Ahsan, general secretary of the same unit and former MP from Bogura-6 (Bogura Sadar).
According to the case statement, at around 3 pm on August 4, the day before Hasina resigned and fled the country, a group of Awami League members, including the two former MPs, led an attack on protesters in front of IFIC Bank on Station Road in the Satmatha area of Bogura town.
The attackers used cocktails and petrol bombs. During the attack, teacher Salim Hossain was seriously injured.
Councillors Abdul Matin Sarkar and Aminul Islam hacked him with a machete, while Councillor Arifur Rahman beat him with a hockey stick. The attackers ensured his death by inflicting additional injuries with weapons, the case statement says.