DHAKA: Five more murder cases have been filed against Bangladesh’s ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, bringing the total number of cases against the former Awami League leader to 71, according to a report by The Daily Star on Tuesday.
Four of the new cases were lodged in Dhaka, while one was filed in Rajshahi. The charges involve Hasina, several former ministers, and police officials.
In the first case, Hasina and 48 others are accused of the death of Dulal alias Selim during mass protests in Dhaka’s Jatrabari area on August 3. The victim’s brother, Mostafa Kamal, filed the case with Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Saddam Hossain.
The second case accuses Hasina and 21 others of killing Mansur Miah, a machine operator at Buriganga Filling Station in Mohammadpur, on July 19.
The third case involves Sheikh Hasina and 91 others being sued for the death of Miraz Hossain in Sanarpar, Demra, on August 5. The victim’s brother, Khorshed Alam, filed this case with Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Belal Hossain.
In the fourth case, Hasina and 40 others face charges related to the death of 21-year-old Nahidul Islam in Mirpur-10 on July 19. The case was filed by the victim’s brother, Md Sabuj, with Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehedi Hasan. Accused in this case include former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader, Hasina’s sister Sheikh Rehana, and her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy.
The Rajshahi case was filed by SM Salahuddin Ahmmed Shamim Sarkar, a member of Bagha upazila Chhatra Dal, against Hasina, former state minister for foreign affairs Shahriar Alam, and 52 others, according to Bagha police station’s officer-in-charge Abu Siddique.
