Ctg court accepts charge sheet against Hasan, Nowfel in killing case

A Chattogram court has accepted a charge sheet against 231 suspects, including several former Awami League (AL) ministers and members of parliament, over the killing of a shop employee during the July Uprising, reports bdnews24.com.
Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Mostafa issued the order on Thursday, making it the first murder case from the mass uprising in Chattogram in which charges have been formally accepted.
Assistant Public Prosecutor Md Raihanul Wazed Chowdhury said the court accepted the charge sheet over the murder of Shahidul Islam Shahid, a shoe shop employee who was killed on August 3, 2024, during the Students Against Discrimination protests at Bahaddarhat intersection under Chandgaon Police Station.
During the hearing, the plaintiffs' lawyer Shafiqul Islam argued that some innocent people had been accused who were not named in the original complaint. The court dismissed the objection and directly accepted the charge sheet.
The suspects include former foreign minister Hasan Mahmud, former education minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel, and former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed.
Two former city mayors, AJM Nasir Uddin and Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, are also among the accused.