CHATTOGRAM, Aug 02 (UNB): Police have submitted the chargesheet in the first murder case linked to the July Uprising in Chittagong, which took place during the political unrest in July last year.
Investigating Officer SI Nurul Haque of Chandgaon Police Station submitted the chargesheet to the prosecution branch of the Chittagong Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court on Thursday.
The court also fixed a hearing on the chargesheet for August 25, in the presence of the plaintiff, said Chandgaon Police Station Officer-in-Charge Aftab Ahmed.
The case involved the killing of Shahidul Islam Shahid, a shop employee, who was shot dead during a student-led movement in the Bahaddarhat area of Chittagong city on the evening of August 3, 2024-just two days before the fall of the Awami League government. The chargesheet, filed under Section 302 of the Penal Code, named 231 individuals as accused.
Among them are several high-profile political figures, including Former Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud, Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Jabed and Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel.
Other prominent accused include former Chittagong City Corporation mayors Rezaul Karim Chowdhury and AJM Nasir Uddin, as well as former MPs ABM Fazle Karim Chowdhury, MA Latif, Abu Reza Muhammad Nezamuddin Nadvi, Mohiuddin Bachchu, Abdus Salam, Didarul Alam Didar, SM Al Mamun, and Noman Al Mahmud. Also listed are former city councilors Jaharlal Hazari, Esrarul Haque, Nur Mostafa Tinu, Pulak Khastgir, Salimullah Bachchu, and Ziaul Haque Sumon, alongside city Awami League president Mahtab Uddin Chowdhury and numerous leaders and activists from affiliated bodies like Jubo League and Chhatra League.
