Complaint filed against Hasina, 33 others

A complaint was filed on Tuesday with the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 33 others for killing Farhan Faiyaz, a 16-year-old student of Dhaka Residential Model College (DRMC), during the anti-discrimination student movement in the city's Mohammadpur area on July 18, reports BSS.

Farhan's father Shahidul Islam filed the complaint accusing 34 people, including 76-year-old Hasina and her cohorts, with the investigation agency of the ICT.

The other prominent accused in the complaints are Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, former law minister Anisul Huq, former Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, AL Presidium Member Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Awami Jubo League Chairman Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash, BCL President Saddam Hossain and its general secretary Sheikh Wali Asif Inan and former DMP joint commissioner Biplob Kumar Sarker.

The accused were charged with genocide and crimes against humanity. The application has been made to take investigative action against the accused according to the section 8 of the International Crimes (tribunals) Act, 1973.