[🇧🇩] The fate of big guns/beneficiaries of Awami League after the student revolution

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Hasan Mahmud held at Dhaka airport

Hasan Mahmud. File photo

Former foreign minister Hasan Mahmud has been detained today at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA).

According to the officials of Dhaka airport, the civil aviation authority also detained the general secretary of Bangladesh Chattra League's Dhaka University unit Tanbir Hasan Shaikat and Dhaka North unit president Riaz Mahmud.

Earlier, former state minister for ICT ministry Zunaid Ahmed Palak was held at the airport.

The detainees have been handed over to the Bangladesh Army, according to the officials.
Sources said Palak's family has left the country.

Besides, the family members of two former ministers -- education minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury and Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives minister Md Tazul Islam left the country through the airport.

Former finance minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali, sports minister Nazmul Hassan Papon and Mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh also left the country through HSIA since Sunday, sources said.

Besides, former MP of Munshiganj-3 Mrinal Kanti Das and supreme court judge Md Badruzzaman also left the country.​

 

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Palak stopped at Dhaka airport: HSIA official

Former state minister for posts, telecommunications and information technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak was stopped at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport while attempting to flee the country.

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Palak stopped at Dhaka airport: HSIA official

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Former state minister for posts, telecommunications and information technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak was stopped at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport while attempting to flee the country.

An airport official told The Daily Star that HSIA authorities are keeping him at the airport, and have informed the army about it.

The official said Palak was trying to go to New Delhi when the airport staffers and workers stopped him.​

 

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Immigration posts: Ops open, but not for all

Operations at all immigration posts in the country is active, said immigration officials

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Immigration posts: Ops open, but not for all

Operations at all immigration posts in the country is active, said immigration officials.

However, various high-profile individuals such as former ministers, MPs, political leaders, government officials and media workers are not being allowed to cross the immigration posts as they could not fulfil the necessary conditions, said sources at Immigration and Special Branch.

The decision has been taken after consultation with other intelligence agencies, they added.​

 

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Murder case against Hasina: Court seeks probe report by Sept 15

A Dhaka court today asked police to submit by September 15 the probe report of the case filed against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and six others over the death of grocery shop owner Abu Saeed in police firing in the capital's Mohammadpur area during the quota protests on July 19.

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Murder case against Hasina: Court seeks probe report by Sept 15
Sheikh Hasina sued for crimes against humanity

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A Dhaka court today asked police to submit by September 15 the probe report of the case filed against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and six others over the death of grocery shop owner Abu Saeed in police firing in the capital's Mohammadpur area during the quota protests on July 19.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Zaki Al Farabi set the date after the case was placed before his court for next course of actions.

The other accused are Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun, former DB (Dhaka Metropolitan Police) chief Harun Or Rashid, former DMP commissioner Habibur Rahman, and former DMP joint commissioner Biplob Kumar Sarker.

On August 13, SM Amir Hamza Shatil, a resident of Mohammadpur, filed the murder case with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury.

This was the first case lodged against Hasina after she resigned and went to India amid an uprising on August 5.

In the case, several unnamed top police officials and other government officials have also been accused, Mamun Mia, a lawyer for the complainant, told The Daily Star earlier.

In his complaint, Shatil mentioned that Saeed was killed around 4:00pm on July 19 when police were firing indiscriminately on the protesters, following the accused's directives.

Asaduzzaman ordered police to open fire on the demonstrators, read the complaint.

The victim's family members, who are very poor, live in Boda upazila of Panchagarh. They do not have the ability to file the case, he mentioned in the complaint.

Yesterday, another complaint was filed with the investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal yesterday accusing former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and eight others of committing crimes against humanity and genocide between July 15 and August 5.

Two more cases, including a murder case, were also filed yesterday against Sheikh Hasina and several others with two separate Dhaka courts.​

 

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Hasina, eight others sued for crimes against humanity, genocide

A case was filed with the investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal today against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and eight others on charge of committing crimes against humanity and genocide between July 15 and August 5 this year

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Hasina, eight others sued for crimes against humanity, genocide

A case was filed with the investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal today against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and eight others on charge of committing crimes against humanity and genocide between July 15 and August 5 this year.

Supreme Court lawyer Gazi MH Tanim filed the complaint around 1:30pm today on behalf of Bulbul Kabir, father of Alif Ahmed Siam, a class 9 student who was shot in Savar by police on August 5 and died of his injuries two days later.

The other accused are former ministers Obaidul Quader and Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal; former state ministers Zunaid Ahmed Palak and Mohammad Ali Arafat; former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun; former DB chief Harun Or Rashid; former DMP commissioner Habibur Rahman; and former Rab director general Harun Ar Rashid.

"We have registered the complaint and thus the investigation of the case has started," Ataur Rahman, deputy director of the agency, told The Daily Star today.

"Upon completion of the probe, we will submit the report to the Chief Prosecutor's Office of the tribunal for the next procedures," he added .

Apart from the individuals, the complaint was lodged against Awami League, Jubo League, Chhatra League and other front organisations.

The case was filed hours after Law Adviser Asif Nazrul said the interim government would take initiatives to hold a trial of the killings that took place during the students' protest at the International Crimes Tribunal.​

 

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Hasina has been sued for enforced disappearance.

 

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Victim of enforced disappearance sues Hasina

Former home, law ministers also accused

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Victim of enforced disappearance sues Hasina
Former home, law ministers also accused in abduction case

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Another case was filed against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and four others over the abduction and torture of Supreme Court lawyer Sohel Rana in February 2015.

The other accused are former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, former law minister Anisul Huq, the then inspector general of police AKM Shahidul Haque, and former director general of Rapid Action Battalion Benazir Ahmed.

Twenty to 25 unnamed people were also made accused in the case.

After the hearing, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Farzana Shakila Sumu Chowdhury recorded the statement of the complainant, Sohel Rana, and asked the officer-in-charge of Uttara West Police Station to register the complaint as a first information report.

In the complaint, Sohel Rana alleged that members of law enforcement agencies in plainclothes abducted him from sector-5, road-1, Uttara around 8:00pm on February 10, 2015.

The complainant said he was taken to different locations where he was tortured. After six months and three days, he was released.

Yesterday, Hasina, Asaduzzaman and five others were sued over the death of grocery shop owner Abu Sayed in police firing in the capital's Mohammadpur area during quota reform protests on July 19.​

 

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ACC initiates inquiry against ex-home minister Asaduzzaman Khan

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday initiated an inquiry against six people, including former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, on charges of amassing illegal wealth through taking bribe...

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Former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan. | Collected photo

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Thursday initiated an inquiry against six people, including former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, on charges of amassing illegal wealth through taking bribe.

ACC formed an inquiry team, led by its deputy director Jahangir Alam, to carry out the inquiry.

The other five people are —home ministry’s additional secretary Harunur Rashid, joint secretary Sanjoy Kumar Das, APS Monir Hossain, public relations officer Sharif Mahmud Opu and administrative official Mollah Ibrahim Hossain.

There are allegations that a syndicate, led by former home minister and additional secretary Harunur Rashid, amassed a huge amount of money through taking bribe for recruiting people in police, Department of Narcotics Control and fire service.

ACC deputy director (public relations) Md Aktarul Islam confirmed the news of starting inquiry against the six.​

 

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Tuku, Palak shown arrested in rickshaw puller murder case, police to seek remand

Former deputy speaker Shamsul Haque Tuku, former state minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak and Dhaka University Chhatra League General Secretary Tanveer Hasan Saikat have been shown arrested over the murder case of a rickshaw puller at Dhaka’s Paltan. They have been at the Dhaka Metropolitan

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Tuku, Palak shown arrested in rickshaw puller murder case, police to seek remand
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Former deputy speaker Shamsul Haque Tuku, former state minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak and Dhaka University Chhatra League General Secretary Tanveer Hasan Saikat have been shown arrested over the murder case of a rickshaw puller at Dhaka’s Paltan.

They have been at the Dhaka Metropolitan Police Detective Branch office on Minto Road in Dhaka since the arrests on Wednesday night. Police will produce them before the court and seek remands for each of them on Thursday.

Police arrested them from the Nikunja residential area in Dhaka's Khilkhet Thana area on Wednesday based on a tip-off, reports bdnews24.com.

"Shamsul Haque Tuku, Zunaid Ahmed Palak and Tanveer Hasan Saikat have been arrested in a case over the killing of a rickshaw puller in Paltan on Jul 19. Then they were taken to the DB office at night,” said Sentu Mia, chief of Paltan Model Police Station.

"They’ll be produced to the court and police will petition to take them into remand for interrogation. We may ask for a 10-day remand for each of them.”

The three were arrested amid the spree of naming the ministers and MPs of the fallen Awami League government in different cases.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police spokesperson Additional Deputy Commissioner Md Obaidur Rahman said that these individuals were in hiding and police arrested them in relation to the case filed at Paltan Police Station.

Earlier, on Tuesday night, former law minister Anisul Huq and former prime minister's adviser on private industry and investment Salman F Rahman were detained in Sadarghat.

Following Sheikh Hasina's fall in the wake of intense student protests, numerous cases have been filed against her and other party leaders and activists for the violence and casualties associated with the movement.

Arrests are under way in these cases.

After Aug 5, as the Awami League's MPs, ministers, and officials scampered for safety, many fled the country, though most stayed back.

The army chief said on Tuesday that they are safeguarding several individuals whose lives are at risk, noting that those implicated in criminal cases will be held accountable.

On Aug 6, it was reported that Palak was detained at Shahjalal International Airport during an attempted departure. Airport officials indicated he was handed over to a security force, though the details of the agency were not disclosed.

Eight days later, on Wednesday night, police confirmed Palak's arrest in connection with a case registered at Paltan Police Station.​

 

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Firing from helicopter: Case filed against Sheikh Hasina for killing a child

A case has been filed against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 15 others on the charge of killing Yobayit Hossain Imon (12), a class four student of Darunnajat Islamia Madrasa in Mohammadpur, from RAB helicopter during the quota protests on July 19. On Thursday (August 15), Imman Abdullah A

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Firing from helicopter: Case filed against Sheikh Hasina for killing a child
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A case has been filed against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 15 others on the charge of killing Yobayit Hossain Imon (12), a class four student of Darunnajat Islamia Madrasa in Mohammadpur, from RAB helicopter during the quota protests on July 19.

On Thursday (August 15), Imman Abdullah Abu Saeed Bhuiya, uncle of the deceased, filed this case with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury, local media reported.

The court accepted the statement of the plaintiff and directed the officer-in-charge of Mohammadpur Police Station to register the complaint as a first information report (FIR).​

 

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Hasina faces ‘genocide’ charges in tribunal she formed

In the wake of recent violence stemming from the government's handling of quota reform protests and calls for its resignation, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina now faces legal scrutiny at the International Crimes Tribunal or ICT. On Wednesday, a lawyer filed a petition calling for proceedings a

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Hasina faces ‘genocide’ charges in tribunal she formed
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In the wake of recent violence stemming from the government's handling of quota reform protests and calls for its resignation, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina now faces legal scrutiny at the International Crimes Tribunal or ICT.

On Wednesday, a lawyer filed a petition calling for proceedings against Hasina, which, if accepted, would result in her being tried at the tribunal she helped establish for crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 Liberation War.

There is a divergence of opinions among legal experts on whether the ICT can adjudicate recent events beyond war crimes.

The student-led protests demanding reforms in government job quotas evolved into a government-toppling movement in early August, resulting in nearly 300 deaths within just three weeks due to widespread violence.

On Aug 5, during the protesters' march towards Dhaka, it was reported that Hasina had left the country.

Later that day, army chief Gen Waker-uz-Zaman announced her resignation. Hasina then travelled to Delhi via helicopter and military aircraft, where she remains.

Following Hasina’s resignation, a caretaker government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus was established, promising to address administrative and political reforms and hold accountable those involved in the violence.

In the past two days, three cases have been lodged against Hasina, with allegations including two separate charges of murder and one involving abduction and torture.

Law Advisor Asif Nazrul formally announced the initiative to prosecute the former prime minister and others at the ICT.

He said: "Under the International Crimes Tribunal Act, 1973, amended in 2009 and 2013, we are considering the mass killings in early August, alongside those responsible for these crimes, for prosecution at the ICT.

“We have conducted a preliminary study and found that the law allows for the prosecution of those involved in these acts, including those who issued orders or facilitated them."

Nazrul also mentioned the potential restructuring of the ICT's investigation agency to handle cases involving student deaths.

APPEAL TO TRIBUNAL AFTER THREE CASES

On Wednesday morning, Law Advisor Asif Nazrul said the interim government will take the initiative to hold trials on the ‘genocide’ committed during the Anti-discrimination Student Movement’s protests over the allegations brought against the deposed prime minister and other senior officials at the International Crimes Tribunal.

A few hours after his remarks, a lawyer moved the ICT with a plea to investigate Hasina over allegations of ‘murder, genocide, and torture’ during the quota reform movement.

The petition also appealed for investigations against nine others, including Awami League General Secretary and former roads minister Obaidul Quader.

Supreme Court Advocate Gazi Monowar Hossain Tamim filed the petition on behalf of Md Bulbul Kabir, the father of Arif Ahmed Siam from Bagerhat, who was killed during the government job quota protests.

Md Ataur Rahman, deputy director (Administration) of the ICT's investigation agency, confirmed the receipt of the petition.

He said the inquiry process would soon commence.

He told bdnews24.com: "We will carry out the necessary paperwork, visit the scenes of the incidents, and conduct investigations across the country. A report will be submitted afterwards."

Besides Hasina, Obaidul Quader, Asaduzzaman, Palak, and Arafat will also be investigated.

Former IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, former DB chief Harunor Rashid, and former commissioner of DMP Habibur Ahmed will also be probed over the allegations of ‘murder, genocide, and torture’ during the quota reform movement.

According to Tamim, the investigative agency will probe the allegations and recommend a case if the allegations are substantiated.

A case will then be filed in the ICT.

THREE CASES FILED AGAINST HASINA

A murder case against Hasina was lodged on Tuesday and two more followed on Wednesday, accusing her of murder, abduction, and torture.

One of the murder cases filed at Kafrul Police Station on Wednesday was linked to the death of Foijul Islam Rajon, a student of Dhaka Model Degree College, during the quota reform protests in Mirpur.

Six former ministers, ex-MPs, and top police officers are also among the 23 others accused in the case filed by Rajon’s brother, Md Rajib, 32, at Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrates Court.

Judge Ahmed Humayun Kabir took cognisance of the charges and ordered Kafrul police to register it as a case in which Hasina is the prime accused.

The other accused include Obaidul Quader, general secretary of the Awami League; Asaduzzaman Khan, former home minister; Anisul Huq, former law minister; Jahangir Kabir Nanak, former minister of textiles and jute; Hasan Mahmud, former foreign minister; Mohammad Ali Arafat, former state minister for information and broadcasting; Salman F Rahman, former advisor to ex-PM; and various other political figures and former high-ranking officials.

At least 500 unnamed AL leaders and activists have also been implicated.

Earlier on Wednesday morning, Advocate Sohel Rana filed another case against Hasina and four other senior officials, accusing them of abduction and torture.

After hearing his complaint, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Farzana Shakil Sumu Chowdhury ordered police to receive it as a case.

In addition to Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman, former law minister Anisul, former IGP Shahidul Haque, former RAB director general Benazir Ahmed and 25 unidentified RAB members were named in the case.

Earlier on Tuesday, a murder case was filed against Hasina and seven others at a Dhaka court over the death of a trader allegedly gunned down by police in Mohammadpur.

The court ordered Mohammadpur Police Station to consider the complaint as a case too.

INTERNATIONAL CRIMES TRIBUNAL

The International Crimes (Tribunal) Act, enacted in 1971 under the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman administration, was designed to prosecute those responsible for crimes against humanity. In response to a long pause in trials, the Sheikh Hasina administration introduced amendments to the Act after taking office in 2009.

On Mar 25, 2010, Bangladesh established its first International Crimes Tribunal with Justice Nizamul Haque as chairman, alongside Justice ATM Fazle Kabir and retired district judge AKM Zahir Ahmed as members. A second tribunal was formed on Mar 22, 2012, chaired by Justice Obaidul Hassan, with Justice Mozibur Rahman Miah and Justice Shahinur Islam as additional members.

The second tribunal issued its first judgment on Jan 21, 2013, sentencing fugitive war criminal Maulana Abul Kalam Azad to death.

On Feb 5, 2013, Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Molla, known as the 'Butcher of Mirpur,' was sentenced to life imprisonment, sparking widespread public protests.

In response to the Ganajagaran Mancha movement, the Tribunal Act was revised to balance the appeals process for both the defence and prosecution.

The Supreme Court upheld Molla's execution on Dec 12, 2013.

As of Sept 15, 2015, the International Crimes Tribunal-2 has ceased operations after delivering 11 verdicts, including those against Maulana Azad, Quader Molla, Kamaruzzaman, Mir Quasem Ali, and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid.

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 remains active, having adjudicated 44 cases related to 1971 crimes against humanity, with significant verdicts against Jamaat leaders Ghulam Azam, Matiur Rahman Nizami, Delawar Hossain Sayedee, and Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury.

Of the 131 convicts from the first 51 cases, 91 have been sentenced to death.

To date, six individuals, including five leaders of Jamaat, the party that opposed Bangladesh’s independence in the 1971 Liberation War, and one BNP member, have been executed following their appeals.

WHAT IS THE JURISDICTION OF ICT?

According to former ICT prosecutor Advocate Rana Das Gupta, it will not be possible to prosecute the former premier and those involved under a tribunal which was formed to try war crimes.

He told bdnews24.com: “The International Crimes Tribunal was formed to try war crimes. But no war took place in Bangladesh after 1971.”

“I don’t understand how the trial can be done here,” added Dasgupta.

However, Advocate Tamim believes it is possible to try the crimes in that tribunal following the International Crimes Tribunal Act.

Das Gupta explained: “There will be three judges under this tribunal, along with a prosecution team, and an investigation agency.”

“Now, we can see that a murder case has been filed against Sheikh Hasina. It was handed over to the PBI (Police Bureau of Investigation) for investigation after being treated as an FIR. If you wish to file a case in the International Crimes Tribunal, once the case is filed, it has to be sent to the investigative body of the tribunal.”

“This does not fall within the purview of Bangladesh’s investigative agencies. On the other hand, the murder case was filed under Section 302. This normal panel court does not apply to the law of international tribunal.”

But, Adv Tamim insisted: “According to Section 3, subsection 1 of the ICT Act 1971, ‘targeted people’ can be tried for murder, genocide, physical and mental torture. Here, genocide was carried out on the people participating in the mass movement – not a single individual.

"The preamble of this law clearly states that any murder, genocide, or torture before and after the passing of the law can be tried in this tribunal. 56 trials have already been conducted here. This is 'settled'. There will be no problem in trying.”

“The way people seeking freedom during 1971 were the target of a genocide, the same ‘targeted people’ were killed during this movement; hence it is genocide,” said Tamim.

Referring to the case filed against Hasina under Section 302 of the Penal Code, he said: "In this case, the case under Section 302 of the Penal Code cannot proceed. Because no specific person was killed. Here, a group of people have been targeted for killing. So it's genocide. Section 302 cases should be brought here instead.”​

 

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Dhaka to decide whether to seek Hasina’s extradition

As cases rise against her, including murder accusations, Bangladesh will decide whether to ask India to extradite former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who resigned and fled to New Delhi last week, the country’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Mohammad Touhid Hossain said yesterday.

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Dhaka to decide whether to seek Hasina’s extradition
Says foreign adviser as cases against the ousted leader mount

Touhid Hossain

As cases rise against her, including murder accusations, Bangladesh will decide whether to ask India to extradite former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who resigned and fled to New Delhi last week, the country's Foreign Affairs Adviser Mohammad Touhid Hossain said yesterday.

Hossain, in an interview, said he did not want to speculate, but noted that Hasina was facing "so many cases".

If the country's home and law ministries decide, "we have to ask for her...return to Bangladesh", he said.

"That creates an embarrassing situation for the Indian government," he said, adding India "knows this and I am sure they will take care of it". He did not elaborate.

India's foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request seeking comment.

Hasina fled the country for India on Aug 5 after a violent uprising against her led to nearly 300 people getting killed, including many students. She has been named in two murder cases already, along with senior members of her cabinet.

Ataur Rahman, deputy director of the investigation cell of International Crimes Tribunal, a domestic court, said it had launched a third case - an investigation against ten people, including Hasina, for murder, torture and genocide during the period of the protests.

At least three of Hasina's former ministers and advisers have already been arrested in Bangladesh.

In her only statement since her ouster, Hasina has demanded a probe into the killings and vandalism during the protests. She has not commented on the charges against her.

Hossain, a retired diplomat, is the adviser on foreign affairs in the interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, which was sworn in last week after Hasina's ouster. The council of advisers includes other retired officials, lawyers, student leaders of the protests and some opposition politicians.

In his first interview to international media since taking over, Hossain said Yunus is "very unhappy about the way the statements are coming from India, from the former prime minister" and he conveyed this to the Indian envoy in a meeting on Wednesday.

He added that Dhaka wants good ties with everyone, including India, China and the US.

Discussing possible elections in Bangladesh, the adviser said that there will be more clarity on the timeline by September.

"Because everyone, all my colleagues in the council of advisers, they are extremely busy with bringing back normalcy" which should be restored by early September, he said.

He said the interim's government priority is to bring "irreversible" reforms, "because our system has been thoroughly corrupted and the institutions have been destroyed and they have to be restored."

Once elections are announced, he said, "we fade away", referring to senior members of the interim government.

"None of us have any political ambitions."

ROHINGYA REFUGEES

Hossain also asked India, and other countries, to take in more Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, as Bangladesh was not in a position to accept any more.

Hossain said other countries need to put pressure on the Arakan Army rebel group in Myanmar to "ensure this does not happen", referring to attacks on Rohingyas in their native Rakhine state.

"The world community has to create a situation that they (the Rohingya) can go back," he said.

"It is a humanitarian issue that involves the entire world, not only Bangladesh. We have done more than our share," Hossain said.​

 

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Nazmul in favour of resigning?

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan is in favour of stepping down as board president, sources have claimed.

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Nazmul in favour of resigning?

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Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan Papon is in favour of stepping down as board president, sources have claimed.

BCB sources told The Daily Star that they are aware that one of the board directors have gotten in touch with Nazmul and have been told that the board president is ready to cooperate. It is being assumed that the BCB president is currently in London.

"I have heard that Papon bhai told one of our directors that he wants to cooperate. I have not talked to the BCB president directly. I have only heard that he is ready to cooperate but haven't heard of resigning," a BCB director told The Daily Star on conditions of anonymity.

The Daily Star tried to communicate with BCB CEO Nizamuddin Chowdhury over this matter but the CEO did not pick up the phone.

On conditions of anonymity, another BCB director said: "I have heard of this [resignation] but when I called the CEO, he informed that he has not gotten any such thing from the president."

According to BCB's constitution, only the president can call for board meetings. In case of an extraordinary situation such as the one that is now existent, the BCB president can communicate with the board directors via phone call or texts and call for a meeting. The BCB president can also direct a board member to preside over a board meeting in his absence.

A vice-president too can call for a board meeting but despite there being provision for two vice-presidents to be appointed in the current constitution, the BCB did not appoint any. Thus, without any communication, the board members themselves cannot call a board meeting.

It was learned that BCB directors have discussed the current circumstances amongst themselves.

BCB sources relayed that the board has sought a guideline from relevant authorities on how to run the board with many directors absent at the moment.

A few directors are concerned about whether stepping down at the moment might impact the upcoming Women's T20 World cup, scheduled to be played in October this year in Bangladesh. The ICC are going to continue to assess the situation in Bangladesh before taking a decision on the Women's T20 World Cup.​

 

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Provide info on bank accounts of S Alam, family

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has asked for bank account details of Chattogram-based businessman Mohammed Saiful Alam and his family members to check if they have been paying their taxes properly.

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Provide info on bank accounts of S Alam, family
NBR directs banks

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has asked for bank account details of Chattogram-based businessman Mohammed Saiful Alam and his family members to check if they have been paying their taxes properly.

The NBR wrote to 91 banks and financial institutions to this effect on Wednesday, said Ahsan Habib, commissioner of taxes, Tax Zone-15, an NBR field office in Dhaka, yesterday, adding that the move was part of their "routine job".

In the letters, information on the bank accounts and credit cards of S Alam, his brother Mohammed Abdullah Hasan, mother Chemon Ara Begum, and wife Farzana Parveen have been requested.

Additionally, details about any personal or business accounts jointly held in the names of S Alam's sister, daughter, or son have been sought.

S Alam Group was founded by Saiful Alam in 1985, and has since risen to become one of Bangladesh's largest conglomerates.

The group's business interests range from commodity trade to fishing, building materials to real estate, textiles to media, intercity buses to shipping, and power and energy to banking and insurance.

S Alam's wife Farzana and brother Hasan are directors of S Alam Luxury Chair Coach Service and S Alam Cold Rolled Steel Limited. S Alam's mother, Chemon Ara Begum, on the other hand, is a director of S Alam Luxury Chair Coach Service.

The NBR asked banks that the information be provided as soon as possible.

S Alam he did not pick up our calls yesterday. Subrata Kumar Bhowmick, an executive director of S Alam Group, could not be reached over the phone. He also did not respond to text messages.

The move by the NBR's field office comes in less than two weeks after a mass uprising forced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina to step down, ending her 15-year rule.

There have been various allegations, including money laundering, against S Alam Group, which was one of the industrial groups to benefit during the tenure of the ousted Awami League government.

A year ago, an investigation by The Daily Star found, S Alam built a business empire in Singapore worth at least $1 billion, although there is no record of him taking any permission from Bangladesh Bank to invest or transfer any funds abroad.

Two days later, on August 6, 2023, the High Court, on a suo motu (voluntary) move, directed the authorities concerned to conduct an inquiry into the allegations against S Alam and submit reports in two months.

However, on August 23, the Supreme Court chamber judge put on hold the inquiry against S Alam.

Later, on February 4, 2024, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court discharged the High Court Division's suo moto rule.​

 

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Case filed against Bodi and 32 others in Teknaf

A case was filed against Abdur Rahman Bodi, the controversial Awami League politician of Teknaf in Cox's Bazar, and 32 others on charges of vandalism, looting and attack on businesses.

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Case filed against Bodi and 32 others in Teknaf

Abdur Rahman Bodi. File photo

A case was filed against Abdur Rahman Bodi, the controversial Awami League politician of Teknaf in Cox's Bazar, and 32 others on charges of vandalism, looting and attack on businesses.

Teknaf Upazila Parishad Chairman Zafar Ahmed has also been accused in this case.

On Wednesday night, Cox's Bazar district BNP finance secretary Mohammad Abdullah filed the written complaint, where 70 unidentified people were also accused.

Teknaf Model Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Muhammad Osman Gani confirmed this information.

In the complaint, the plaintiff mentioned that after the fall of the government on August 5, armed attacks were carried out at his filling station (petrol pump), Alo shopping complex, Hotel Naf Queen and several other establishments under the leadership Bodi, the former member of parliament for Ukhiya-Teknaf.

They vandalised and looted the establishments, the complaint read.​

 

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ICT begins probe against Bangladesh's ousted PM Hasina, others in genocide case

The investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday started a probe into mass killing allegations against the deposed prime minister and Awami League president...

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Staff Correspondent 15 August, 2024, 14:37

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The investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal on Thursday started a probe into mass killing allegations against the deposed prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina and nine other of her aides.

The ICT received another complaint against Hasina on Thursday, while two other cases were filed against the ousted prime minister, her aides, and the police, bringing the number of complaints with the ICT to two and the number of cases to seven.

The ICT began its probe a day after its investigation agency recorded its first complaint on Wednesday.

Bulbul Ahmed, the father of 14-year-old student Arif Ahmed Siam, filed the complaint with the ICT for the killing of his school-going son in a shooting near the Savar Dairy Firm High School on August 5, when Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country in the face of a student-led mass uprising.

The investigation agency’s deputy director, Md Ataur Rahman, who was named investigation officer, told reporters that they had started an investigation into the allegations under Sections 3(2) and 4(1)/4(2) of the International Crimes Tribunal Act 1973 by collecting evidence from different newspapers published between July 23 and August 5.

Hasina and the nine accused would be put on trial if investigators could prove the charges, which prescribe the death penalty as the highest sentence.

Nine other accused in the mass killing case included former road and transport minister and AL general secretary Obaidul Quader, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, former state ministers Zunaid Ahmed Palak and Mohammad Ali Arafat, former Inspector General of Police Abdullah Al Mamun, former Detective Branch chief Harun-or-Rashid, former Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Habibur Rahman with some officers of the DMP, former Rapid Action Battalion’s director general with several officers of the battalion, unidentified leaders and activists of the Awami League, Juba League, and Chhatra League, and the Awami League as an organisation and its associated bodies.

The second ICT complaint was filed against Sheikh Hasina and the same accused, Sanaullah, the father of Mohammad Mehedi, who was killed on July 20 behind the Dutch Bangla Bank’s market at Hirajheel on Chattogram Road in Narayanganj during the movement.

Besides, sixteen people, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, were sued for killing madrassah student Zubayed Hossain Emon in a shooting from Rapid Action Battalion’s armoured helicopter in a case filed at Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate on Thursday.

The deceased Emon, 12, was a 4th-grade student at Darunnazat Islamia Madrassah in Mohammadpur.

Magistrate Ahmed Rajesh Chowdhury directed the Mohammadpur police station to register the case as the First Information Report in a case filed by the victim’s uncle Abdullah Abu Saeed Bhuiyan.

According to the case statement, RAB members fired indiscriminately at protesting students on July 19, leaving Emon injured in his head.

He was declared dead upon arrival at Ibn Sina Hospital in the Dhanmondi area.

The other accused in the case included former road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, former law minister Anisul Haque, and others.

Unidentified members of RAB’s patrol team in a helicopter and their commanding officers have also been accused in the case.

In another incident, a case was filed against 11 people, including Sheikh Hasina and Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader, on charges of killing CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver Shahabuddin, 35, in the capital’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar.

Shahbuddin’s father, Abul Kalam, filed the case in the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Begum Farah Diba Chanda.

The court ordered the officer-in-charge of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police station to register the case, and the plaintiff’s lawyer, Liton Mia, confirmed.

According to the case statement, Shahabuddin was shot in the head while he was going to get food for his family members at the West Agargaon crossing in front of the Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police station on August 5.

Local people rushed him to the National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital, where doctors declared him dead.

Earlier on Wednesday, two cases were filed against Sheikh Hasina on charges of killing.​

 

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Students for bringing back Hasina, putting on trial

Students under the platform of Student Movement Against Discrimination on Thursday observed the ‘Resistance Week’ programme for the third consecutive day demanding trial of...

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Students for bringing back Hasina, putting on trial
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The Student Movement Against Discrimination holds a rally to observe ‘resistance week’, demanding trial of deposed prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina and her aides for the killings of students and people, at Shahbagh in the capital on Thursday. | New Age photo.

Students under the platform of Student Movement Against Discrimination on Thursday observed the ‘Resistance Week’ programme for the third consecutive day demanding trial of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

As part of the programme, students held a sit-in at the capital’s Shahbagh crossing to press home their four-point demand, including trial of ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and others involved in killing of innocent people, including students, during the quota reform student movement.

The movement forced Hasina to resign as prime minister and flee to India where she has now taken shelter.

The students started gathering at Shahbagh from 11:00am as part of the preannounced programme.

They chanted slogans vowing to prevent a counter-revolution and performed songs, poetry, and plays at the programme,

The slogans included ‘We want execution, we want Hasina’s execution,’ ‘We won’t let our brothers’ blood go in vain,’ ‘There will be no place for terrorists in this Bangladesh’ and others.

One of the key coordinators of the movement Sarjis Alam told the media that students heard from various sources that on the occasion of August 15, the Awami League, Chhatra League, Jubo

League, and others who were accomplices of the autocratic regime, were trying to stage a counter-revolution.

‘Warning them, we want to say that even if they make the least attempt to stage a counter-revolution after the student-led mass uprising against the fascist government and its fall on August 5, the fascists will no longer have any existence,’ he said.

In response to a question about whether the platform would demand a ban on Awami politics, he said that since the start of the quota reform movement, they had always done what the people of this country sought.

‘If the people of this country believe that the Awami League no longer has the right to engage in politics, we will raise that demand on behalf of the people,’ he answered.

The platform coordinator of Manarat International University HM Moin said, ‘We want to ensure that the new generation can live in peace.’

During the sit-in programme, a group named the Anti-Discrimination Cultural Alliance was also seen holding a cultural rally in front of flower shops at Shahbagh.

The platform on Tuesday launched the weeklong ‘Resistance Week’ programme to press home four-point demand, including the formation of a special tribunal to ensure a speedy trial of murders committed by Hasina and her government using fascist structures, and trial of those who participated in the AL and its grand alliance partners’ planned killing, robbery, looting, and attacks on religious minorities.

Besides, the demands also included removal and immediate trial of those officials in the administration and judiciary who had legitimised attacks, lawsuits, and killings

during the student movement and repeatedly attempted to establish fascism, and equal opportunities for those who had been subjected to discrimination in the administration and judiciary.​

 

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Hasina, 100 others sued for Bogura teacher killing

A fresh case was filed against ousted prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina and AL general secretary Obaidul Quader in Bogura on Thursday for the...

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Hasina, 100 others sued for Bogura teacher killing
Staff Correspondent 17 August, 2024, 00:18

Sheikh Hasina

A fresh case was filed against ousted prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina and AL general secretary Obaidul Quader in Bogura on Thursday for the murder of a teacher on August 4.

With this, five murder cases and an abduction case have been filed against Hasina and her aides with different police stations, including the one in Bogura.

In addition to that, two complaints were filed with the International Crimes Tribunal over mass killings.

In the case filed with the Bogura Sadar Police Station, 99 local AL leaders and activists were also accused of the killing of Selim Hossain, a 35-year-old teacher, alongside Hasina and Quader.

Besides, 350 unnamed people were also accused in the case.

Bogura Sadar police station officer-in-charge Saihan Waliullah confirmed the filing of the case by the victim’s father, Sikandar Hossain.

According to the case statement, AL leaders and activists attacked the protesters and hacked Selim to death with sharp weapons in Bogura’s Satmatha area on August 4 as he joined the protests of the Student Movement Against Discrimination.

Two former AL lawmakers led the attack, the case statement said.

On August 14 and August 15, two cases were filed over mass killings against Hasina with the investigation agency of the ICT, accusing her, her cabinet members, Awami League leaders, and top police officers of mass killings and crimes against humanity during the student-led mass uprising between July 15 and August 5.

On August 15, two murder cases were filed against Hasina and others over the killing of a 12-year-old madrassah student and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver in court. The court transferred the cases to Mohammadpur and Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police stations for investigation.

On August 14, Hasina and her aides were sued in a case filed with the CMM court in Dhaka over the killing of an 18-year-old student of Dhaka Model Degree College in the capital’s Kafrul area. The court asked Kafrul police station to take the case into cognizance and investigate.

On the same day, Supreme Court lawyer Sohel Rana filed an abduction case against Hasina and four others on charges of abducting and holding him hostage for six months in 2015. Uttara Police are investigating the case.

On August 13, Hasina, along with six others, were sued on charges of killing grocery shop owner Abu Sayed in the capital’s Mohammadpur on July 19. The case is under investigation by Mohammadpur police.​

 

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Awami League facing consequences of their own actions: Sarjis Alam

Sarjis Alam, one of the coordinators of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, said on Friday that the Awami League is now facing the consequences of their past actions while they were in power and will continue to do so in the future. He made these comments on Friday while speaking to journalis

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Sarjis Alam, one of the coordinators of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, said on Friday that the Awami League is now facing the consequences of their past actions while they were in power and will continue to do so in the future. He made these comments on Friday while speaking to journalists at the Amar Ekushey Hall of Dhaka University.

Sarjis recalled the events of 2013 when Hefazat-e-Islam held a rally in Motijheel, stating that during that time, the Awami League misused power by forcing numerous Islamic scholars to perform humiliating acts under police pressure. "We still have the pictorial evidence and videos of that incident," he said. "The Awami League is now suffering the repercussions of what they did and will continue to suffer in the future."

Regarding the observance of August 15 as a day of mourning, Sarjis noted, "When the incident happened on August 15, 1975, sweets were distributed across Bangladesh. Why? Because if you look at the events from 1972 to 1975, there was an extreme level of autocracy and fascism. August 15 was the result of a broader revolution of that time."

Sarjis also commented that no one has the right to prevent anyone from paying their respects or laying flowers at Dhanmondi 32, UNB reports.

He concluded by urging students to return to their classes, saying, "We thank our fellow students for their contributions during the national crisis. But now, they must return to their studies. At the end of the day, if we want to move the country forward, we need an educated young generation."​

 

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Hasina, Shamim Osman sued for murder in Narayanganj

A murder case was filed against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan and 46 other local AL leaders and activists in Narayanganj last night

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Hasina, Shamim Osman sued for murder in Narayanganj

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A murder case was filed against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan and 46 other local AL leaders and activists in Narayanganj last night.

Former MP AKM Shamim Osman, his brother former MP AKM Selim Osman, Shamim's son Imtinan Osman Ayon, nephew Azmery Osman, brother-in-law BCB's director Tanvir Ahmed Titu, Narayanganj City Corporation's mayor Salina Hayat Ivy's younger brother Ahammad Ali Reza Uzzal were also accused in the case.

Abul Bashar Anik, brother of Abul Hasan Sajan, 20, who was shot dead at Chashara on August 5, filed the case with Narayanganj Sadar Model Police Station, Abdus Sattar, officer-in-charge of the police station told our local correspondent at 11:45pm.

A 100-150 unnamed people were also made accused in the case. No one has been arrested so far, OC added.

Just a few hours before the announcement of the resignation of Sheikh Hasina as prime minister on August 5, Sajan was shot at Chashara in Narayanganj city during a clash between protesters and Awami League men.

Sajan succumbed to his injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital while undergoing treatment there the next morning.

Sajan, son of Jakir Hossain, was a sales representative of a private company. He was living with his family at Kushiara village in Narayanganj's Bandar upazila.​

 

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Ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina, aides, top police officers sued for murder

The deposed prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina, along with six others, were sued on Tuesday on charges of killing a grocery shop owner in the...

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Ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina, aides, top police officers sued for murder
Solamain Salman 13 August, 2024, 13:28

The deposed prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina, along with six others, were sued on Tuesday on charges of killing a grocery shop owner in the capital’s Mohammadpur.

The grocery shop owner, Abu Sayed, lost his life during a police shooting incident during student-led protests for quota reform in government services on July 19.

SM Amir Hamza Shatil, a resident of the Mohammadpur area, filed the case with the Dhaka chief metropolitan magistrate court, bringing murder charges against Hasina, two former ministers, and four police officials.

Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury recorded the statement of the complainant and ordered the Mohammadpur police station to register the case, said the plaintiff’s lawyer Md Mamun Miah.

The police will now investigate the case and file a report with the court, he said.

The other six accused are Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun, former Detective Branch chief of DMP Harun Or Rashid, former DMP commissioner Habibur Rahman, and former DMP joint commissioner Biplob Kumar Sarker.

This marks the first legal action taken against Hasina since she resigned as prime minister and fled to India on August 5 amid massive protests.

The development came amid calls from student protesters to charge Hasina and her associates with murder for the deaths of over 500 people, including students and civilians, during weeks of violence since July

According to the case statement, grocer Abu Sayed was hit by a bullet and died on July 19 around 4:00pm when he was crossing the street as police were firing on protesting students and other people demonstrating against the quota system in government jobs in Mohammadpur.

The complainant blamed Hasina, who had called for strong action to quell the violence, for the police firing.

Hamza said that he was not related to Sayed but voluntarily approached the court because the victim’s family lives in Panchagarh’s Boda upazila and did not have the financial ability to file the case.

The student-led movement started in early July with demonstrations against the quota system in government jobs before spiralling into violent protests to oust Hasina.

The student-led uprising forced Hasina to leave office and flee to India, ending her 15-year-long regime.

After two days of her fall on August 5, an interim government was formed on August 8, led by Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, comprising members of student leadership and civil society representatives.

Hasina and AL’s almost all top leaders have either gone into hiding in the country or abroad, while some have been barred from leaving the country.

Hours after filing the case against Hasina, Dhaka Metropolitan Police chief Mainul Hasan confirmed to New Age the arrest of former law minister Anisul Haque and Hasina’s former adviser Salman F Rahman.

The two, however, were arrested in separate cases filed with the New Market police station in Dhaka.

Throughout Hasina’s 15-year tenure since 2008, her administration has been accused of widespread human rights abuses, killings, and forced disappearances of opposition people.

The Student Movement Against Discrimination demanded on Monday the trial of Sheikh Hasina on genocide charges for killing students and other protesters.

They also urged the government to file genocide cases against Hasina with the International Crimes Tribunal.

Hasina, 76, was elected to a fourth consecutive term in January, but the vote was boycotted by the main opposition parties.

Before her past 15-year term between 2008 and 2024, she was first made prime minister in 1996 and ruled the country for five years.

At least 15 cases were filed between 2001 and 2008 against Sheikh Hasina, when she was out of power, on charges of corruption and extortion.

Of the cases, eight were filed during the BNP-led alliance’s rule between 2001 and 2005 and the rest during the tenure of the Fakhruddin Ahmed-led army-controlled caretaker government between 2006 and 2008.

After she came back to power in January 2009, the cases were either withdrawn by the accuser, thrown out of court, or discontinued.

The cases include the case filed for graft in the purchase of MiG-29s, graft in the construction of Bangabandhu Planetarium, the Meghnaghat power plant case, the Bepza corruption case, the barge-mounted power plant case, and the Niko graft case.

Top, from left, Obaidul Quader, Asaduzzaman Khan, Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun, and bottom, from left, Habibur Rahman, Harun Or Rashid, and Biplob Kumar Sarker. — New Age photo​

 

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Former senior secretary Shah Kamal arrested

Former senior secretary of the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief Shah Kamal has been arrested. The Detective Department of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) picked him up from Mohakhali in the capital on Saturday night. In an SMS sent on Saturday, DMP Media and Public Relations Department

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Former senior secretary Shah Kamal arrested
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Aug 18, 2024 02:37

Former senior secretary of the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief Shah Kamal has been arrested.

The Detective Department of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) picked him up from Mohakhali in the capital on Saturday night.

In an SMS sent on Saturday, DMP Media and Public Relations Department said the arrest came a day after the police recovered 30.1 million Bangladeshi taka and foreign currencies worth 1 million taka during a raid at Shah Kamal's residence on Babar Road in Mohammadpur on Friday.

Shah Kamal was the secretary of the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief from March 2015 to June 2020. There were allegations against him of receiving money illegally from different sources.​

 

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Bring back Hasina and put her on trial for students' massacre: BNP's Hafiz

BNP senior leader Hafiz Uddin Ahmed on Saturday demanded the repatriation of ousted autocratic ruler Sheikh Hasina from India to put her on trial for orchestrating the massacre aimed at suppressing the student-led mass uprising. Speaking at a discussion, he also urged India to return Hasina to Ban

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Bring back Hasina and put her on trial for students' massacre: BNP's Hafiz
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Aug 17, 2024 19:33

BNP senior leader Hafiz Uddin Ahmed on Saturday demanded the repatriation of ousted autocratic ruler Sheikh Hasina from India to put her on trial for orchestrating the massacre aimed at suppressing the student-led mass uprising.

Speaking at a discussion, he also urged India to return Hasina to Bangladesh to maintain friendly ties with its close neighbour, reports UNB.

“Sheikh Hasina is the biggest murderer in history. She did not refrain from engaging in any form of injustice or misdeeds. Many mothers have lost their children because of her actions. I demand that she be brought back to Bangladesh and brought to justice,” the BNP leader said.

Hafiz, who was promoted from vice chairman to standing committee member of the BNP on Friday, stated that if their party returns to power, warned that Hasina’s fate would be like Mussolini of Italy.

“We urge India to send her (Hasina) to Bangladesh if you wish to maintain friendly relations. A murder case has already been filed against her, and many more will follow,” Hafiz said.

The Jatiyatabadi Muktijoddha Dal organized the programme at the Jatiya Press Club, demanding the trial of Sheikh Hasina for ordering the police force to carry out the massacre of students and for banning the Awami League as a terrorist organization.

Hafiz demanded that the government change the name of the Barishal Cantonment, which was named after the 'despotic Sheikh Hasina'.

He paid tribute to the martyrs of the student-led mass movement and expressed gratitude to the students for their bravery and sacrifices in freeing the country from autocracy.

The BNP leader alleged that the blood-thirsty Awami League government has made Bangladesh subservient to neighbouring India.

He said the role of the police force over the past sixteen years has demonstrated that it was the worst one in the world.

“Many police members are still on the run, and 13 police members were killed in one incident. Neither we nor the students support such actions. They (police) faced the wrath of the local people. Sheikh Hasina and the Awami League are responsible for their deaths,” Hafiz observed.

He said the killers and bad elements within the police force either fled or were killed.

“We need the police force to establish the rule of law. Therefore, we want to transform it into a people-oriented force, involving those who are currently part of it. You should also support this transformation,” Hafiz said.​

 

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Former senior secretary Shah Kamal arrested

Former senior secretary of the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief Shah Kamal has been arrested. The Detective Department of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) picked him up from Mohakhali in the capital on Saturday night. In an SMS sent on Saturday, DMP Media and Public Relations Department

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Unwise for UK to give refuge to ‘despot’ Hasina: MP Rupa Huq
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Aug 17, 2024 19:50

British Bangladeshi MP Rupa Huq says it will be unwise for the UK government to give refuge to Sheikh Hasina, who is rumoured to be travelling to the country.

In an opinion piece published in the London Evening Standard, Rupa – MP for Ealing Central & Action - says her inbox has been flooded with messages asking her to ban Hasina from visiting the UK.

“I personally think given the deep unpopularity of her [Hasina’s] bloodthirsty regime and political sensitivities around immigration it’d be unwise for the UK to give refuge to such a high-profile asylum seeker who is subject of an International Criminal Court application,” said Rupa.

“Many Bangadeshis think she should return to face charges there,” she added.

The student-led protests demanding reforms in government job quotas evolved into a government-toppling movement in early August, resulting in several hundred deaths within just three weeks due to widespread violence.

On Aug 5, during the protesters’ march towards Dhaka, Hasina left the country.

Referring to Hasina’s departure from Bangladesh, Rupa said: “Most people’s idea of a brutal tyrant is not a sari clad septuagenarian but as the country burned around her Hasina was helicoptered to exile in India.”

Rupa also spoke about Muhammad Yunus, who was sworn in as the chief advisor to the interim government on Aug 8.

“Until recently Hasina was trying to lock him [Yunus] up on trumped up charges fearful of his popularity threatening her.”

The Labour MP also accused Sajeeb Wazed Joy, the former premier’s son, of ‘berating’ Bangladeshi citizens for being ‘ungrateful’ towards Hasina in a series of videos.

“Hasina’s US-based son has issued a slew of videos variously labelling opponents Islamist, berating Bangladeshis for ingratitude to his mum and vowing she’ll be back,” said Rupa.

Speaking of the current situation in Bangladesh, Rupa said that her cousins back in the country have a collective sense of relief following the fall of the Awami League government.

“The climate of fear that voicing any governmental criticism risked being bumped off has lifted. But risk abounds. Hopefully there can be democracy but the deposed camp stress that they ensured stability,” she added.

“When actual elections come round surely rather than the stale enmity between two families that’s characterised Bangladesh’s history, it’s high time for a reset.”​

 

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Sheikh Hasina, Nowfel, 32 others sued in murder case

A total of 34 people, including Sheikh Hasina and Nowfel, have been named as accused, while there are 40 to 50 anonymous accused.

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Sheikh Hasina, Nowfel, 32 others sued in murder case
Staff CorrespondentChattogram
Published: 17 Aug 2024, 18: 49

Sheikh Hasina and Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury Nowfel Collage

Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former education minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury Nowfel, and 32 others have been accused in a case filed over the death of college student Tanvir Siddiqui in the Bahaddarhat area of Chattogram.

The case was filed by Mohammad Parvej, the victim's uncle, at Chandgaon police station on Friday night.

A total of 34 people, including Sheikh Hasina and Nowfel, have been named as accused, while an additional 40 to 50 individuals have been accused anonymously, according to Jahidul Kabir, officer-in-charge (OC) of the police station.

Among the other accused are Mashiur Rahman Chowdhury, the forest and environment affairs secretary of the Chattogram Awami League; Esrarul Haque, ward councillor at Chandgaon; Shaibal Das, ward councillor at Jamalkhan; Nur Mustafa, ward councillor at Chawkbazar; and Nurul Azim Rony, former general secretary of the Chattogram Chhatra League.

According to the case statement, Tanvir Siddiqui, along with other students, were peacefully protesting on the street in front of the Bahaddarhat kitchen market during the shutdown programme of the Students Against Discrimination on 18 July.

At around 4:30 pm, a group of people, armed with machetes and firearms, arrived from the Wapda office area and attacked the student protesters, as per orders from the former prime minister and the education minister. They threw brick-chips and opened fire indiscriminately at the protesters.

During the attack, Tanvir Siddiqui and several others sustained bullet wounds and fell to the ground. He was taken to Chittagong Medical College Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.

OC Jahidul Kabir told Prothom Alo that the murder case is being processed for investigation.

During the shutdown programme, there were extensive clashes between the student protesters, the police, and members of the Awami League in the Bahaddarhat area on 18 July. At least two people were reported to have died in the clashes.​

 

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Hasina, Natore Ex MP Shimul sued for murder of student

Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former Natore lawmaker Shafiqul Islam Shimul and 109 others have been sued for the murder of schoolboy Yasin Islam in the district during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement on August 5

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Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former Natore lawmaker Shafiqul Islam Shimul and 109 others have been sued for the murder of schoolboy Yasin Islam in the district during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement on August 5.

Victim Yasin Islam's father Fajer Ali Ezahar filed the case with Natore Sadar Police Station, said Md Mizanur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Natore Sadar Police Station.

Sirajul Islam, president of Natore district unit AL, and Md Shariful Islam Romzan, general secretary of Natore district unit AL were also among the 111 accused, reports our Natore correspondent.

In the case statement, Fajer said his son Yasin joined the anti-discrimination student movement in Natore.

On the morning of August 4, when Yasin along with others were protesting in the madrasa moor area of Natore town, former MP Shimul and his followers assaulted Yasin.

Later, they picked him up and confined him in a room of Shimul's house in Kandivita.

On August 5, when Shimul heard the news that Sheikh Hasina resigned and left the country, he set fire to his own house. Yasin was burnt to death, added the case statement.​

 

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5 more murder cases filed against ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina

Five more murder cases were filed against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her aides in Dhaka, Narayanganj, Rajshahi, Rangpur, and Joypurhat between Saturday night and...

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Staff Correspondent 18 August, 2024, 23:48

Sheikh Hasina.

Five more murder cases were filed against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her aides in Dhaka, Narayanganj, Rajshahi, Rangpur, and Joypurhat between Saturday night and Sunday evening.

With this, 11 murder cases and an abduction case have been filed against Hasina and her aides at different police stations across the country.

In addition to that, two complaints were filed with the International Crimes Tribunal over mass killings against Hasina, who resigned amid a student-led mass uprising and fled to India on August 5.

A case was filed on Sunday against the ousted prime minister and 12 others over the murder of two students in the capital’s Sutrapur area during the recent student protests led by the platform Student Movement Against Discrimination.

The 12 other accused are former road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader, Dhaka south city mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, former foreign minister Hasan Mahmud, former education Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel, former state minister for posts, telecommunications, and information technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak, former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, former Dhaka Metropolitan Police detective branch chief Harun Or Rashid, DMP joint commissioner Biplob Kumar, and former DMP commissioner Habibur Rahman.

Another 200-250 unnamed people, including leaders and activists of the Awami League and its front organisations, were made accused in the case.

One Nasrin Begum filed the case with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Torikul Islam over the killing of Kobi Nazrul Govt College student Ikram Hossain Kawser and Shaheed Suhrawardi College student Omar Faruk.

The two students were allegedly gunned down in separate incidents by police, Awami League leaders, and activists as they were staging protests along with hundreds of others in front of Kobi Nazrul Govt College and Shaheed Suhrawardi College on July 19.

A fresh case was filed on Sunday against Hasina and 111 others on charge of killing a schoolboy on August 5, New Age staff correspondent in Rajshahi reported.

Fazer Ali, the father of Yasin Islam, who was burned to death inside Natore-2 constituency former lawmaker Shahfiqul Islam Shimul’s residence on August 5, filed the case with the Natore Sadar police station.

Beside Hasina, Shimul, Natore district AL president Sirajul Islam, general secretary Shariful Islam Ramzan, joint general secretary Golam Mortuza Bablu, organising secretary Malek Sheikh, Natore municipal AL president Syed Mostak Ali, general secretary Habibur Rahman, and Natore municipality mayor Uma Chowdhury were named as accused in the case.

According to the case statement, under the instruction of Sheikh Hasina, lawmaker Shimul and his men detained Yasin, 17, from a peaceful protest of the Student Movement Against Discrimination on August 04.

A case was filed on Sunday with a Rangpur court against the ousted PM Hasina on charge of killing Abdullah Al-Tahir, a student of the Bangladesh Institute of Glass and Ceramics.

Tahir’s father, Abdur Rhaman, filed the case with the Rangpur Metropolitan Kotwali Cognisance Court.

A total of 40 individuals, including former ministers and members of the units of Rangpur district and city Awami League, Swechchhasebak League, Juba League, and Chhatra League, were named as accused, along with 300 unidentified persons.

The accused include AL general secretary Obaidul Quader, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, former law minister Anisul Huq, former foreign minister Hasan Mahmud, and former textile and jute minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak.

A murder case has been filed against the former prime minister, Obaidul Quader, and 126 others over the killing of a student in Joypurhat during the student movement.

The student, Nazibul Sorkar, also known as Bishal, was a student at Panchbibi Business Management Institute. Nazibul was shot dead as law enforcers opened fire at him during the student protests in Joypurhat on August 4.

Nazibul’s father, Majidul Sorkar, filed the case before the court of senior judicial magistrate Atikur Rahman in Joypurhat.

The court has directed the officer-in-charge of Joypurhat Sadar police station to register the case as an FIR, as confirmed by the plaintiff’s lawyer, Abdul Momin Fakir.

The list of accused includes Sheikh Hasina, Obaidul Quader, along with the former whip, two Joypurhat lawmakers of the dissolved parliament, top leaders of the district Awami League, and other public representatives, the lawyer added.

On Saturday night, a case was filed against AL president Sheikh Hasina, its general secretary Obaidul Quader, former local lawmaker Shamim Osman, and 45 others on charge of killing a youth during the August 5 clash in Narayanganj.

Victim Abul Hasan’s elder brother Abul Bashar lodged the case with Narayanganj Sadar Model Police Station on Saturday night, said officer-in-charge Abdus Sattar.

Abul Hasan, a 20-year-old sales representative of a soft drink company, hails from the Kushiyara area in Bandar upazila of the district.

Apart from Hasina, some cases were also lodged against AL leaders and activists across the country.

Seventeen people, including former IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun, were in a case filed with a Rangpur court over the killing of Begum Rokeya University student Abu Sayeed on Sunday.

Abu Sayeed’s elder brother, Ramjan Ali, filed a petition around 11:30am with a Rangpur court to register a case in connection with the killing in police fire during the quota reform movement on July 16.

Additional chief metropolitan magistrate Raju Ahmed passed the order to the Tajhat police station to record the case.

The accused in the case include former IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun, Rangpur range deputy inspector general of police Abdul Baten, Rangpur Metropolitan Police commissioner Md Moniruzzaman, deputy police commissioner Abu Maruf Hossain, assistant commissioner Imaran Hossain, Tajhat police station officer-in-charge Rabiul Islam, assistant sub-inspector Syed Amir Ali, and constable Sujon Chandra Ray.

Another case was filed on Sunday against 82 leaders and activists of the Awami League on charge of attacking a man on August 5.

Abdul Matin, 32, a villager of Khapur village, filed the case with Bagmara police station against 22 named and 50 to 60 unnamed people, said Arobindo Sarker, officer-in-charge of the police station.

In the case, former Rajshahi-4 lawmaker and Bagmara upazila Awami Legaue general secretary Abul Kalam Azad, his wife and Taherpur municipality mayor Khandakar Shaila Pervin, and Bagmara upazila parishad chairman Jakirul Islam, among others, were made accused.

Earlier, seven cases were filed against Hasina and her aides in Chittagong, Bogura, and Dhaka between August 13 and August 17.

Besides, two cases were filed over mass killings against Hasina with the investigation agency of the ICT on August 14 and August 15, accusing her, her cabinet members, Awami League leaders, and top police officers of mass killings and crimes against humanity during the student-led mass uprising between July 15 and August 5.​

 

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Hasina, 33 others sued for ‘mass killing’ at Hefazat rally

A case was filed on Sunday against Sheikh Hasina and 33 others on charges of mass-killing at the rally of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh in Motijheel Shapla Chattar area on...

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Staff Correspondent 18 August, 2024, 17:07

Sheikh Hasina. | File photo.

A case was filed on Sunday against Sheikh Hasina and 33 others on charges of mass-killing at the rally of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh in Motijheel Shapla Chattar area on May 5, 2013.

Bangladesh Peoples Party chairman Babul Sardar Chakhari filed the case with Dhaka chief Metropolitan Magistrate court.

Metropolitan Magistrate Zaki-al Farabi accepted the case and directed the officer-in-charge of Motijheel police station to investigate the matter and submit a report to the court.

The other accused include former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, former prime minister’s adviser Salman F Rahman, former PM’s defense adviser Tarique Ahmed Siddiqui, former Dhaka South City Corporation mayor Fazle Noor Taposh, former lawmakers Rashed Khan Menon and Hasanul Haque Inu, Awami League joint secretary general Mahbubul Alam Hanif, former Textiles minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak, former Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed and IGP Hasan Mahabub Khandkar, former RAB chief AKM Shahidul Haque, former NSI chief Ziaul Ahsan, former police DC of Motijheel Division Biplab Kumar Sarker, former Motijheel Police Station OC Omar Faruk, former ward councilor Munsur Ahmed, the then Motijheel Chhatra League president Mahabubul Haque Hiron, Awami League leader Mumtaz Parveen, former Motijheel OC Farman Ali, National People’s Party chairman Salahuddin Salu, former Motijheel DC Nazmul Alam, retired Director of Hamdard Group Major Iqbal.

According to the case statement, the leaders and activists of Hefazat-e Islam Bangladesh gathered at the Motijheel Shapla Chattar on May 5, 2013, to press 13-point demand, protesting at the defamation of Islam and Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) by some bloggers.

Within the next 24 hour from 11:00pm on the day, the police and army members, in connivance with the accused, massacred the rally, it said.

They also took away the bodies in some city-corporation vehicles and buried them secretly at unknown locations, said the statement.

It also mentioned that during the massacre, many madrassah students were murdered and abducted.

When victims’ parents went to the police stations to file cases or General Diary, the authorities did not take any case in this regard.

On the fateful night, government forces swooped on thousands of members of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, the Qawmi madrassah-based organisation, at Shapla Chattar.

Hefazat demanded stronger Islamic policies, including stringent punishment for ‘atheist bloggers.’​

 

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Ex-minister, MPs under ACC net

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday started several inquiries against the Awami League’s former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, former finance minister...

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Ex-minister, MPs under ACC net
Solamain Salman 18 August, 2024, 18:43

Asaduzzaman Mia (left) and Harun Or Rashid. | Collected photo.

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday started several inquiries against the Awami League’s former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, former finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal’s family members, and three other lawmakers on charges of corruption.

The commission also started inquiries against former Dhaka metropolitan police commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia and DMP’s former Detective Branch chief Harun Or Rashid over amassing illegal wealth.

The decisions were taken at a meeting of the commission led by ACC chairman Mohammad Moinuddin Abdullah at its Segun Bagicha headquarters in Dhaka.

The ACC move came two weeks after the fall of the Awami League government, with long-time prime minister Sheikh Hasina resigning and fleeing to India amid a student-led mass uprising.

ACC decided to conduct an inquiry against former DMP commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia over allegations of amassing illegal wealth, including multiple flats, plots, houses, and land.

The commission also opened an inquiry against the former chief of Dhaka’s Detective Branch of police Harun-or-Rashid, following the recommendations of the ACC’s intelligence report.

There are allegations against Harun of abusing power, money laundering, and amassing illegal wealth worth crores of taka through various irregularities and corruption, said ACC secretary Khorsheda Yasmeen.

The commission also decided to run an inquiry against former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed over allegations of laundering money in the United Kingdom and amassing illegal wealth.

Javed and his wife have joint ownership of six companies abroad that include real estate businesses, and the property is valued at Tk 2,000 crore.

Apart from this, the ACC initiated an inquiry against former finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal’s wife Kashmeri Kamal, their daughter Nafisa Kamal, and four other lawmakers over embezzling Tk 20,000 crore through sending workers to Malaysia under a syndicate.

ACC formed a three-member inquiry committee headed by its deputy director, Md Nurul Huda, to carry out probes against them.

The other three members of the syndicate are former lawmakers Lt Gen (retd) Masud Uddin Chowdhury, Nizam Uddin Hazari, and Benazir Ahmed.

ACC secretary Khorsheda Yasmeen said that the syndicate was accused of embezzling Tk 20,000 crores beyond the government-fixed fees for sending workers to Malaysia.

She said over a period of one and a half years, around 450,000 workers were sent through the recruiting agencies owned by the syndicate.

The total trade during this period was estimated at Tk 24,000 crores, with Tk 20,000 crores embezzled as extra charges, said the ACC secretary.

ACC officials said that high-ranking officials from both the Bangladeshi and Malaysian governments were also suspected of being involved in the scam.

The cost per person set by the government to send workers to Malaysia was Tk 79,000, but an average Bangladeshi worker spent Tk 5,44,000 to go to Malaysia.

According to the allegations, former AL lawmaker Nizam Uddin Hazari of Feni-2 got a licence from the recruiting agency ‘Snigdha Overseas Limited’ in December 2018 to send workers abroad.

The agency sent only 100 workers abroad in three and a half years after getting the licence, but after joining the ‘Malaysia syndicate’, the agency sent 8,000 workers in the past one and a half years to Malaysia, and the agency ranked number 4 in the list of agencies that send most workers to Malaysia.

Former Jatiya Party lawmaker Masududdin Chowdhury of Feni-3 established a recruiting agency, Five M International, in 2015. It is now at the top of the list of sending workers to Malaysia. Since its inception, the agency has sent around 2,500 people to the Middle East. But it alone has taken the clearance of 8,592 workers after involving the syndicate.

A former lawmaker of Dhaka-20 Benazir Ahmed’s company, Ahmed International, has the fifth position in terms of sending workers to Malaysia. Before the opening of the labour market in Malaysia, they sent only 238 workers abroad, but upon entering the syndicate, it ranked in the top list by sending 7,849 workers to Malaysia.

Benazir was president of the Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies when the syndicate formed to send workers to Malaysia, said ACC officials.

A total of 9,861 people were sent to Malaysia under Orbitals Enterprise and Orbitals International, owned by Kashmiri Kamal, wife of former finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, and his daughter Nafisa Kamal when Kamal was in charge of the finance ministry.​

 

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Ex-CJ Khairul faces complaint over alleged fraud in passing judgement

A complaint has been lodged against the former chief justice and recently resigned Law Commission chairman ABM Khairul Haque for his alleged engagement in fraud to alter the judgment. Md Mujahidul Islam, a lawyer of Bangladesh Supreme Court, filed the complaint in the capital’s Shahbagh Poli

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Ex-CJ Khairul faces complaint over alleged fraud in passing judgement
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A complaint has been lodged against the former chief justice and recently resigned Law Commission chairman ABM Khairul Haque for his alleged engagement in fraud to alter the judgment.

Md Mujahidul Islam, a lawyer of Bangladesh Supreme Court, filed the complaint in the capital’s Shahbagh Police Station on Sunday afternoon.

However, it has not yet been registered as a case since there is no OC in the police station, said Elis Mahmud, sub-inspector (SI) of the police station.

According to the sources of the police station, Justice Khairul Haque illegally ruled for former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to stay in power.

It is said that the lawyer’s complaint will be converted into a case very soon.​

 

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BFIU asks banks to freeze accounts of ex-DB chief Harun, his wife

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has instructed all commercial banks to freeze the accounts of the Additional Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Harunor Rashid and his wife Shireen Akter. The BFIU issued the order on Tuesday after getting reports regarding suspicious

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BFIU asks banks to freeze accounts of ex-DB chief Harun, his wife
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Aug 18, 2024 18:56

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has instructed all commercial banks to freeze the accounts of the Additional Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Harunor Rashid and his wife Shireen Akter.

The BFIU issued the order on Tuesday after getting reports regarding suspicious transactions through their accounts.

In a letter, the BFIU asked the banks to block all types of withdrawals through all sorts of accounts of the former Detective Branch (DB) of Police Chief Harun and his wife.

The much-discussed police officer was recently transferred from the DB to the DMP’s crime and operations unit.​

 

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ভারতে পালিয়ে যাওয়ার সময় আটক দুই আওয়ামী নেতা

চুয়াডাঙ্গার দর্শনা সীমান্ত দিয়ে ভারতে পালিয়ে যাওয়ার সময় আওয়ামী প্রজন্ম লীগের দুই নেতাকে আটক করেছে বর্ডার গার্ড বাংলাদেশ (বিজিবি)। রবিবার (১৮ আগস্ট) দুপুর সাড়ে ১২ টার দিকে তাদের আটক করা হয়। আটকরা হলেন রাজশাহী বাগমারা থানার খাজুরা গ্রামের মনির হকের ছেলে ফজলুল হক (৩৭) ও কুষ্টিয়া জেলার ভেড়ামারা

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ভারতে পালিয়ে যাওয়ার সময় আটক দুই আওয়ামী নেতা
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Aug 19, 2024 00:01
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Aug 19, 2024 00:01

চুয়াডাঙ্গার দর্শনা সীমান্ত দিয়ে ভারতে পালিয়ে যাওয়ার সময় আওয়ামী প্রজন্ম লীগের দুই নেতাকে আটক করেছে বর্ডার গার্ড বাংলাদেশ (বিজিবি)।

রবিবার (১৮ আগস্ট) দুপুর সাড়ে ১২ টার দিকে তাদের আটক করা হয়।

আটকরা হলেন রাজশাহী বাগমারা থানার খাজুরা গ্রামের মনির হকের ছেলে ফজলুল হক (৩৭) ও কুষ্টিয়া জেলার ভেড়ামারা থানার কাজিহাটা গ্রামের আশরাফুল আহমেদের ছেলে বুলবুল আহমেদ (৪০)।

তাদের কাছ থেকে এ সময় একটি ল্যাপটপ, বেশ কিছু সিল, দলীয় প্যাড, সার্টিফিকেট উদ্ধার করা হয়।

বিজিবি দর্শনা আইসিপির ইনচার্জ নায়েক সুবেদার মোস্তফা জানান, দর্শনা সীমান্তের ৭৬ নম্বর মেইল পিলারের পাশ দিয়ে অবৈধভাবে ভারতে পালিয়ে যাচ্ছিল এ দু'জন। এ সময় বিজিবির টহলদলের কাছে তারা ধরা পড়ে।

তাদেরকে দর্শনা থানায় হস্তান্তর করা হয়েছে। এ ব্যাপারে একটি মামলা হয়েছে বলেও জানান তিনি।​

 

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Ex-state minister Enam sued over Savar protest death

A total of 321 Awami League leaders and activists have been charged with the killing of a university student, who was beaten and shot dead in Savar during the student-led uprising

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Ex-state minister Enam sued over Savar protest death

A total of 321 Awami League leaders and activists have been charged with the killing of a university student, who was beaten and shot dead in Savar during the student-led uprising.

Former state minister for disaster management and relief Md Enamur Rahman and former chairman of Savar Upazila Parishad Monjurul Alam Rajib are among the accused.

Md Alamgir, the father of the deceased Sajjad Hossain, 29, filed the case at Savar Model Police Station on Monday.

The other accused include former Savar municipality mayor Haji Abdul Gani, Ward Councilor Nazrul Islam Manik Molla, and former President of Savar Upazila Chhatra League Atiqur Rahman.

More than 500 unnamed people were also accused in the case.

According to the case statement, Sajjad, a student at Sonargaon University in Narayanganj, was at a shop in the Sadar area around 10:30am on August 5 when Awami League, Jubo League, and Chhatra League activists allegedly chased the protesters and opened fire on them.

Sajjad was critically injured after being caught, beaten, and shot.

He died around 1:00pm the following day while receiving treatment at Enam Medical College Hospital.

Plaintiff Alamgir told The Daily Star: "I filed the case based on what I heard from people and witnesses. I don't personally know any of the accused."​

 

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Dipu Moni arrested from Baridhara DOHS

Dipu Moni, former social welfare minister, has been arrested from the Baridhara DOHS area in the capital

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Dipu Moni arrested from Baridhara DOHS

Education Minister Dipu Moni. File photo

Dipu Moni, former social welfare minister, has been arrested from the Baridhara DOHS area in the capital.

Mohammad Rabiul Hossain Bhuiyan, joint commissioner (north) of Detective Branch of DMP, confirmed the arrest to The Daily Star around 7:30pm tonight.

"We are now taking her to the DB office on Minto Road. There is a case against her in Chandpur. She may be shown arrested in that case," a DB official, requesting anonymity, told The Daily Star.

However, she was later shown arrested in a murder case filed with the Mohammadpur Police Station on August 8.

On August 15, the case in Chandpur was filed against the former minister and her brother JR Wadud Tipu for attacking the residence of Sheikh Farid Ahmed Manik, president of the Chandpur district unit BNP. Besides, 510 known and 1,000-1,200 unnamed people were accused in the case.​

 

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2011 assault on BNP's Farroque: Case filed against Harun, Biplob

An attempt to murder case has been filed against DMP Additional Commissioner Harun Or Rashid and other police officials over the 2011 assault on BNP leader Zainul Abedin Farroque in front of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban

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2011 assault on BNP's Farroque: Case filed against Harun, Biplob

An attempt to murder case has been filed against DMP Additional Commissioner Harun Or Rashid and other police officials over the 2011 assault on BNP leader Zainul Abedin Farroque in front of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.

Farroque, now the adviser of the BNP chairperson, today filed the case against the then additional deputy police commissioner Harun Or Rashid, and the then additional deputy commissioner and now the joint commissioner of DMP Biplob Kumar Sarker over the incident.

Sajib Dey, officer-in-charge of the Sher-E-Bangla Nagar Police Station, confirmed the development to The Daily Star.

"The case was filed against two named and 20 to 25 unnamed accused," he said.

According to the FIR, on July 6, 2011, around 7:50am, Farroque, the then chief whip of opposition, and other BNP leaders including Sayeda Ashrafi Papia, Shammi Akter, ABM Ashraf Uddin and others tried to bring out a procession.

At the time, some 20 to 25 policemen led by Harun and Biplob tried to thwart the procession and started misbehaving.

As the BNP leaders urged restraint from the policemen, they -- Harun and Biplob -- started beating the BNP activists. At one stage, they hit Farroque in the head with sticks to kill him, reads the FIR.

The plaintiff further alleged in the FIR that he tried to escape from the attack by running towards the Nam Bhaban. However, the accused (Harun and Biplob) allegedly dragged Farroque onto the street and threatened to kill him by pointing a gun at his chest, the FIR reads.​

 

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Ex-MP Fazle Karim faces attempted murder charges

Former Chattogram-6 MP ABM Fazle Karim Chowdhury and 26 other people have been accused of attempted murder, kidnapping and extortion

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Ex-MP Fazle Karim faces attempted murder charges

Fazle Karim Chowdhury. Photo: Collected

Former Chattogram-6 MP ABM Fazle Karim Chowdhury and 26 other people have been accused of attempted murder, kidnapping and extortion.

Sirajuddaula, a former chairman of Paschimgujra Union Parishad under Raozan Upazila, filed the case in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Golam Sarwar on Monday.

The plaintiff's lawyer Sabuj Talukdar told The Daily Star that Awami League leader Fazle Karim's associates Shahabuddin, Sujatul Islam, Tony Barua, Liton Dey, Md Anwar and Mohammad Masud were also named in the case.

The court accepted the complaint and ordered the Police Bureau of Investigation to investigate.

The case statement says that on September 12, 2022, Sirajuddaula was forcibly taken from his residence on instructions from Fazle Karim.

At that time, the accused ransacked and looted the house. Later, they confined Sirajuddaula to a room, where they cut his hair and stripped him.

They informed the police the next day and handed him over to the law enforcers along with the weapons.

Sirajuddaula was sent to jail in an arms case afterwards, he said in the case.

Lawyer Sabuj said that hundreds of people of Raozan were subjected to Fazle Karim's torture, but they had to remain silent for a long time. They are now seeking justice as Fazle Karim and his party have been toppled.​

 

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Complaint filed with ICT against ex-Bangladesh PM Hasina, 27 others

The International Crimes Tribunal received a fresh complaint on Monday against Awami League president and deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her aides for...

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Complaint filed with ICT against ex-Bangladesh PM Hasina, 27 others
Staff Correspondent 19 August, 2024, 19:13
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Sheikh Hasina. | File photo.

The International Crimes Tribunal received a fresh complaint on Monday against Awami League president and deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her aides for killing people in indiscriminate firing during recent student protests that led to her ouster.

This is the third complaint filed with the tribunal against Hasina and her cohorts, which took the number of cases filed against the former prime minister to 22 since August 13.

They include five more murder cases filed in Dhaka and Chattogram between Sunday night and Monday evening.

Hasina, who is now staying in India after the fall of her government through a student uprising on August 5, now faces 17 murder cases, 3 ICT cases for mass killing, and one each for abduction and attack on the motorcade of Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia.

The ICT cases came after the interim government on August 13 decided to hold trials for the ‘mass killing’ committed during the Student Movement Against Discrimination between July 1 and August 5 under the International Crimes Tribunal Act.

Md Abul Hasan, the father of Shahriar Alvi, a Class IX student at Desh Polytechnic College in Mirpur, filed the latest case with the ICT’s Investigation Agency, alleging that his 15-year-old son was killed in a police firing on August 4 on the instructions and plans of Hasina and 18 of her aids.

The other accused include 12 politicians – Workers Party of Bangladesh president and former social welfare minister Rashed Khan Menon, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-Jasod president and former information minister Hasanul Haq Innu, Jatiya Party faction chairman and former environment and climate change minister Anwar Hossain Manju, AL general secretary and road, transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader, former law minister Anisul Huq, prime minster’s former industries adviser Salma F Rahman, former foreign minister Hasan Mahmud, former jute minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak, former state ministers Zunaid Ahmed Polok and Mohammad Ali Arafat, former industries minister Kamal Ahmed Majumder and Bangladesh Tarikat Federation’s chairman Syed Nazibul Bashar Maizbhandari.

Former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun, former Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Habibur Rahman, former Detective Branch’s chief Harun-or-Rashid, former joint DMP commissioner Biplob Kumar Sarkar, Mirpur police station’s officer-in-charge Munshi Sabbir, and nine leaders of the Awami League and its associate bodies were also accused in the case.

The Awami League was also accused as an organisation in the ICT case.

Md Milon Hasan filed a murder case with the Mirpur police station in Dhaka against Hasina, Obaidul Quader, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, and 145 others on Monday, accusing them of killing his brother, Liton Hasan Lalu.

According to the case statement, Liton participated in the anti-quota protest in the capital’s Mirpur-10 crossing at about 2:00pm on August 4.

At one stage, some unidentified persons opened fire, leaving Liton seriously injured.

Liton was taken to the National Institute of Neuroscience and Hospital at Agargaon, where he succumbed to his injuries on August 7.

In another incident, Hasina and 66 others were accused of killing BNP Mirpur Thana unit Ward No. 11 vice-president Abdullah Kabir Khan, 50, in front of Ideal School in Mirpur on August 4.

Abdullah’s wife, Afsana Akhter Islam, filed the case with the Mirpur police station.

Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mehedi Hasan directed the officer-in-charge of Mirpur police station to register both cases as the First Information Report, Abu Abdullah, bench assistant of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court.

In another case, Sheikh Hasina and 12 others were accused of killing 18-year-old Tariq Hossain, who was shot in front of the Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police station on August 5

Later, he was rushed to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital, where he died on August 9.

Tariq’s mother, Fidushi Khatun, filed the case with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Farah Diba Chanda.

Oabidul Quader and Asaduzzaman Khan are among the accused in the case.

The court asked the Police Bureau of Investigation to submit a report by September 30 after an investigation.

New Age staff correspondent in Chattogram reported that Hasina, along with 107 others, were accused on Sunday night of the murder of a student of Chittagong College.

Wasim Akram was killed on July 16 in the Muradpur area of the port city in a clash during the anti-quota protests.

Wasim’s mother, Joshna Begum, filed the case with the Panchalish police station, said Shantosh Chakma, officer-in-charge of the police station.

According to the case statement, Wasim was protesting peacefully when some AL activists opened fire, leaving him injured with bullets.

He was rushed to Chattogram Medical College Hospital, where on-duty doctors declared him dead.

On Sunday night, a murder case was filed against 62 people, including Hasina, Asaduzzaman Khan, Obaidul Quader, and former AL lawmaker for Narayanganj-4 AKM Shamim Osman, for killing a fish trader on July 21 during the student protest.

Shahnaz Begum, wife of the victim Milon, filed the case with Siddhirganj police station, Narayanganj district additional superintendent of police Amir Khasru confirmed.

Milon was killed by gunshots on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway.

A case was filed against 19 individuals, including Asaduzzaman Khan and Sylhet Metropolitan Police deputy commissioner Azbahar Ali Sheikh, in connection with the killing of journalist ATM Turab, United News of Bangladesh reported.

The case also named 250 unidentified persons.

Turab was shot dead during a clash between BNP supporters and police in Sylhet. His brother, Abul Hossain Mohammad Azraf Jabur, filed the case on Monday with the court of additional chief metropolitan magistrate Abdul Momen, the plaintiff’s lawyer Emran Ahmed Chowdhury confirmed.

A case was filed against 76 individuals, including former MP Mahbubul Alam Hanif and several other prominent figures, on Monday, in connection with the killing of Yusuf Sheikh. The case also named an additional 20 to 30 unidentified persons, UNB reported.

Yusuf Sheikh, 65, was shot dead during the student protests in Kushtia.

His daughter, Seema, filed the case at the Kushtia Model Police Station, officer-in-charge Mohammad Mahfuzul Haque Chowdhury of the police station confirmed.​

 

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41 ex-AL MPs, ministers under ACC scanner

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday took decisions to conduct inquiries against the ousted Awami League government’s 45 ministers, state ministers...

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Solamain Salman 19 August, 2024, 23:46

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday took decisions to conduct inquiries against the ousted Awami League government’s 45 ministers, state ministers, lawmakers, secretary and beneficiaries on the charges of amassing illegal wealth through corruption.

The anti-graft national watchdog took the decisions at a meeting held at its headquarters with its chairman Mohammad Moinuddin Abdullah in chair.

One of its decisions was to start an inquiry against former senior secretary for the disaster management and relief ministry Shah Kamal over allegations of corruption, abuse of power, misconduct, bribery, and amassing illegal wealth, said the commission’s secretary Khorsheda Yasmeen.

Earlier on Friday, the police raided Shah Kamal’s Mohammadpur residence and recovered Tk 3 crore, including foreign currencies, and later on Saturday arrested him from Moakhali.

Besides, the commission has launched an inquiry against former Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University vice chancellor Professor Dr Sharfuddin Ahmed and his private secretary Dr Russell over allegations of receiving bribes of around Tk 100 crore through illegal appointments.

It also started an inquiry against National Board of Revenue second secretary Arjina Khatun on the charges of amassing illegal wealth, said commission secretary Khorsheda Yasmeen on Monday.

Earlier on Sunday, Supreme Court lawyer M Sarwar Hossain submitted an application to the commission chairman seeking an inquiry against the overthrown Awami League government’s 18 ministers, 23 lawmakers over the unusual increase in their wealth.

The affidavits submitted by the ministers and lawmakers before the 12th parliament elections held on January 7 show that the incomes and wealth of many candidates have doubled, tripled, or increased manifold during their stay in power over the years.

The anti-corruption chairman just before the 12th national election told reporters that they would scrutinise the affidavits submitted to the Election Commission, but no steps were taken afterwards in this regard.

Commission officials said that the scrutiny could not be carried out owing to pressure from different sides.

Now that the Sheikh Hasina government was overthrown on August 5, the commission was now starting its investigations into the allegations of abnormal increase in the wealth of the ministers and lawmakers.

Following the application of lawyer Sarwar Hossain, the Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday decided to run an inquiry against 41 former Awami League government ministers, state ministers and lawmakers through three teams led by its three directors, said one of its directors general.

The former ministers are under its scanner are former commerce minister Tipu Munshi, former food ministers Sadhan Chandra Majumder, former law minister Anisul Huq, former social welfare minister Dipu Moni, former health minister Zahid Maleque, former education minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury, former jute and textile minister Golam Dastgir Gazi, former shipping minister Shajahan Khan, former foreign minister Hasan Mahmud, former minister for expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment Imran Ahmed, former industries minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun, former local government, rural development and cooperatives minister Md Tazul Islam, former information minister Hasanul Haque Inu, former food minister Qumrul Islam, former state minister for shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury, former state minister for religious affairs Faridul Haque, former state minister Junaid Ahmed Palak, former state minister for education Zakir Hossain, former state minister Zahid Ahsan Russell, former state minister for industries Kamal Ahmed Mojumder.

Former lawmakers to face the anti-corruption probes are Benazir Ahmed [Dhaka-20], AKM Sarwar Jahan [Kushtia-1], Shariful Islam Jinnah [Bogra-2], Shahidul Islam Bakul [Natore-1], Sheikh Afil Uddin [Jessore-1], Salim Uddin Tarafdar [Naogaon-3], Kazi Nabil Ahmed [Jessore-3], Enamul Haque [Rajshahi-4], Meher Afroz Chumki [Gazipur-5], Noor Alam Chowdhury [Madaripur 1], Sheikh Helal Uddin [Bagerhat-1], Swapan Bhattacharya [Jessore-5], Kazim Uddin Ahmed [Mymensingh-11], Kujendra Lal Tripura [Khagrachari], Muhibur Rahman [Patuakhali-4], Mamunur Rashid Kiran, Ziaur Rahman [Chapainawabganj-2], Enamul Haque [Rajshahi-4], Abu Sayeed Al Mahmud Swapon [Joypurhat-1], Anwar Hossain [Pirojpur-2], Mamunur Rashid Kiron [Noakhali-3].

Most of the former lawmakers and ministers, however, of the ousted government have fled or have gone into hiding since the fall of the regime through a mass uprising.

The anti-corruption commission, meanwhile on Sunday, started an inquiry against former finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal’s wife Kashmeri Kamal, their daughter Nafisa Kamal, and three former lawmakers over allegations of embezzling Tk 20,000 crore by operating a syndicate to send workers to Malaysia.

The three former lawmakers are retired lieutenant general Masud Uddin Chowdhury, Nizam Uddin Hazari, and Benazir Ahmed.

The commission also decided to run an inquiry against former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed, former Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia, and DMP’s former Detective Branch chief Harun Or Rashid.

Earlier on Thursday, the commission decided to initiate an inquiry against six officials of the home ministry, including former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, over amassing illegal wealth through taking bribes and money laundering.​

 

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Complaint filed with ICT against Hasina, Menon, Inu, 25 others

The allegation of genocide and crimes against humanity has been brought under sections 3(2), 4(1) (2) of The International Crimes (Tribunals) Act, 1973

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Complaint filed with ICT against Hasina, Menon, Inu, 25 others
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Updated: 19 Aug 2024, 22: 58

SHeikh Hasina, Rashed Khan Menon and Hasanul Haque Inu

A complaint was filed Monday with the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) against 27 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former ministers Obaidul Quader, Rashed Khan Menon and Hasanul Huq Inu for committing alleged genocide and crimes against humanity.

The other prominent accused in the complaints are - Anwar Hossain Monju, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, Anisul Huq, Hasan Mahmud, Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Mohammad Ali Arafat, Kamal Ahmed Mazumder and former inspector general of police (IGP) Abdullah Al Mamun.

Md. Abul Hasan, father of ninth grader Shahriar Hasan Alvi, 15, who was gunned down during the recent student movement, filed the complaint against 27 people, including Sheikh Hasina and her associates and 500 unnamed others, with the investigation agency of the ICT.

The plaintiff filed cuttings of different newspapers and other documents with his complaint.

He brought allegation of genocide and crimes against humanity under sections 3(2), 4(1) (2) of The International Crimes (Tribunals) Act, 1973.​

 

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Nine more murder, ICT cases filed against Sheikh Hasina

At least nine more cases were filed today against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina on various charges including murder across the country

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Nine more murder, ICT cases filed against Sheikh Hasina

File photo of Sheikh Hasina

At least nine more cases were filed today against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina on various charges including murder across the country.

Of them, one was filed over a crackdown on a Hefajat-e-Islam rally at Motijheel's Shapla Chattar on May 5, 2013.

The complaint was filed with the investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal today accusing the former PM and 23 others of committing crimes against humanity and genocide during the crackdown.

Besides, eight more cases were filed against Hasina today accusing her for killings committed during the recent unrest centering on the quota reform movement which ultimately turned into a mass uprising that toppled the Hasina-led Awami League government on August 5.

With these cases, Hasina is now facing 31 cases, including 26 on charges of murder, four on charges of crimes against humanity and genocide and one for abduction.

For the first time, Hasina's son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, daughter Saima Wazed Putul and sister Sheikh Rehana were made co-accused in a killing case.

ICT case

Supreme Court lawyer Gazi MH Tamim filed the complaint on behalf of Mufti Harun Ijahar Chowdhury, joint secretary general (education and law) of Hefajat.

"We have registered the complaint, and thus the investigation has started from today [Tuesday]," Ataur Rahman, deputy director (admin) of the investigation agency, told The Daily Star today.

"Once we complete preliminary investigation and visit to the place of occurrence and the tribunal is reconstituted, we, through the prosecution, will seek arrest warrants against all the accused," he said.

The other accused are Obaidul Quader, AL general secretary and former road transport and bridges minister; Rashed Khan Menon, former minister; Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, former mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation; Hasan Mahmud, former minister; Haji Selim, former lawmaker; Salman F Rahman, former advisor to prime minister; Shamim Osman, former Narayanganj lawmaker; Tarique Ahmed Siddique, former security advisor to the prime minister; AKM Shahidul Haque, former inspector general of police; Benazir Ahmed, former inspector general of police; Ziaul Ahsan, former additional director general of Rab; Harun Or Rashid, former additional commissioner (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP); Biplab Kumar Sarker, former deputy commissioner of DMP; Shahriar Kabir, president of Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee; Prof Muntassir Mamoon, member of Nirmul Committee; Tureen Afroz, former prosecutor of ICT and member of Nirmul Committee; Imran H Sarker, convener of Gonojagoron Mancha; Mozammel Haque Babu, chairman of Ekattor TV; Ahmed Zobayer, former managing director and CEO of Somoy TV; Subhash Singha Roy, editor of ABnews24.com; Naimul Islam Khan, former press secretary of prime minister; Aziz Ahmed, former army chief; and M Manzur Ahmed, former DG of NSI.

Besides them, some unnamed ministers, state ministers and lawmakers, unnamed individuals from law enforcement agencies and the then policy makers of some electronic and print media were accused.

According to the complaint, the accused, by giving directives and plan, committed crimes against humanity and genocide by killings Hefajat activists in Dhaka and surrounding areas and in different districts including Chattogram, Narayanganj and Cumilla in between May 5 and 6, 2013.

On that day, the Hefajat men locked in deadly clashes with law enforcers and the ruling Awami League men and turned the capital city into a battlefield. They set fire to hundreds of shops, vehicles and police outposts and looted shops, including those having Islamic books.

The Hasina-led government in March 2010 formed the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) to try those who committed crimes in 1971. A second ICT was formed later. Five Jamaat and a BNP leader were executed following the verdicts of the two tribunals.

OTHER CASES

Sheikh Hasina, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, daughter Saima Wazed Putul and sister Sheikh Rehana, and 17 others were sued in a case was filed over the killing of fruit seller Farid Sheikh at Hanif Flyover Toll Plaza in the capital's Jatrabari on August 5.

Victim's father Sultan Miah filed the case with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Shakil Ahmed.

After the hearing, the magistrate recorded the statement of the complainant and asked Police Bureau of Investigation to submit a report on October 1.

Another case was filed against Hasina and 49 others over the death of Md Omar Faruque, a student of Kabi Nazrul Government College, at Laxmibazar of Sutrapur on July 19.

Faruque's mother Kulsuma Akhter lodged the case with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Tariqul Islam.

Magistrate Tariqul recorded the statement of the complainant and asked officer-in-charge of Sutrapur Police Station to register the complaint as a first information report (FIR).

Meanwhile, Hasina and 24 others were sued for the death of 18-year-old garment worker Sohel Rana in the city's Adabor area on August 5.

Sohel Rana's brother Mohammad Ibrahim filed the case with the Court of Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sultan Sohag Uddin.

The magistrate recorded the statement of the complainant and directed the officer-in-charge of Adabor Police Station to register the complaint as a first information report (FIR).

In Savar, Sheikh Hasina and 75 AL men were sued over the murder of a barber shop worker in Savar on 5 August.

The case was filed with Chief judicial Magistrate court yesterday. The court has ordered the police to record the case at Ashulia Police Station within three days.

The worker Zahidul Islam Sagar, 28, Son of Rafiqul Islam of Rangpur's Durgapur village. He lived with his family in Bypile Bogobari area of Ashulia and worked in a salon shop.

In Narayanganj, another case was filed against Sheikh Hasina, seven ministers and lawmakers and 179 others for killing bus helper Md Johny in Kanchpur area of Sonargaon upazila this afternoon.

With this, three murder cases were filed against Hasina in Narayanganj.

The victim's father Md Yeasin Yeasin filed the case with Sonargaon Police Station in the afternoon, said Md Kamruzzaman, officer-in-charge of the police station.

Johny, 17, was shot dead in Kanchpur area during the Anti-Discrimination Students' Movement on July 20.

In Rangpur, Sheikh Hasina, her sister Rehana and 49 sued over the killing of Sajjad Hossain, a vegetable trader, during the quota reform movement in Rangpur on July 19.

Zitu Begum, the widow of Sajjad Hossain, filed the case with the Metropolitan Magistrate's Court in Rangpur.

The court has accepted the case and directed the Officer-in-Charge of Rangpur Kotwali Police Station to proceed with the investigation.

In Joypurhat, a murder case has been filed against Sheikh Hasina along with 216 others in connection with the death of Mehedi Sheikh (25), an auto driver, during a student movement in front of Joypurhat Sadar Police Station on August 5.

The case was lodged in the Senior Judicial Magistrate's Court of Joypurhat by Mehedi's wife, Jesmin Akter Srishtee, today. Magistrate Atikur Rahman directed the Officer-in-Charge of Joypurhat Sadar Police Station to register the case.

In Bogura, Sheikh Hasina and Obaidul Quader have been sued for the murder of rickshaw puller Kamar Uddin,40, during the student movement in Nawabbari Road area of the district town on August 4.

The victim's wife, Tahmina Begum, filed the case with Bogura Sadar Police Station tonight, said Saihan Oliullah, officer-in-charge of the police station.

Besides, 250 to 300 unidentified people were accused in the case, the police official told our local correspondent.

Early on Monday, Sheikh Hasina and 18 others made accused in a case filed over the killing of auto-rickshaw driver Manik Mia during the quota reform movement in Rangpur.

Manik Mia's mother Nurjahan Begum filed the case with the court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Raju Ahmed Babu in Rangpur.

The court accepted the case and ordered Tajhat Police Station that it be treated as an FIR.​

 

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ঢাকা, নারায়ণগঞ্জ ও জয়পুরহাটে শেখ হাসিনার বিরুদ্ধে আরও ৩ হত্যা মামলা

ঢাকার চিফ জুডিশিয়াল ম্যাজিস্ট্রেট আদালত, নারায়ণগঞ্জের সোনারগাঁ থানা ও সিনিয়র জুডিশিয়াল ম্যাজিস্ট্রেট আদালতে মামলা তিনটি দায়ের হয়।

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ঢাকা, নারায়ণগঞ্জ ও জয়পুরহাটে শেখ হাসিনার বিরুদ্ধে আরও ৩ হত্যা মামলা
ঢাকার চিফ জুডিশিয়াল ম্যাজিস্ট্রেট আদালত, নারায়ণগঞ্জের সোনারগাঁ থানা ও সিনিয়র জুডিশিয়াল ম্যাজিস্ট্রেট আদালতে মামলা তিনটি দায়ের হয়।

সাবেক প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনা। ফাইল ছবি

ঢাকা, নারায়ণগঞ্জ ও জয়পুরহাটে সাবেক প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনার বিরুদ্ধে আরও তিনটি হত্যা মামলা দায়ের হয়েছে।

আজ মঙ্গলবার ঢাকার চিফ জুডিশিয়াল ম্যাজিস্ট্রেট আদালত, নারায়ণগঞ্জের সোনারগাঁ থানা ও সিনিয়র জুডিশিয়াল ম্যাজিস্ট্রেট আদালতে মামলা তিনটি দায়ের হয়।

গত ৫ আগস্ট ঢাকার আশুলিয়ায় নিহত সেলুনকর্মী জাহিদুল ইসলাম সাগরের (২৮) ছোট ভাই আনারুল ইসলাম বাদী হয়ে মামলাটি দায়ের করেন।

মামলায় শেখ হাসিনা ছাড়াও আওয়ামী লীগ সাধারণ সম্পাদক ওবায়দুল কাদের, সাবেক আইনমন্ত্রী আনিসুল হক, সাবেক তথ্য প্রতিমন্ত্রী মোহাম্মদ এ আরাফাত, জাসদ সভাপতি হাসানুল হক ইনু, ওয়ার্কার্স পার্টির সভাপতি রাশেদ খান মেনন, ঢাকা-১৯ আসনের সাবেক সংসদ সদস্য মোহাম্মদ সাইফুল ইসলাম, বেসরকারি টেলিভিশন এটিএন নিউজের সাভার প্রতিনিধি জাহিদ হাসান শাকিলসহ ৭৫ জনের নাম উল্লেখ করা হয়েছে।

এছাড়াও অজ্ঞাতনামা আসামি রয়েছেন ২০০ জন।

সাগর রংপুরের তাজহাট থানাধীন দুর্গাপুর এলাকার মো. রফিকুল ইসলামের ছেলে। রফিকুল ইসলাম সপরিবারে আশুলিয়ার বাইপাইল বগাবাড়ি এলাকায় বসবাস করেন। সাগর একটি সেলুনের দোকানে কাজ করতেন।

বাদীর আইনজীবী ইমরুল হাসান বলেন, 'সিজিএম আদালতে আজ মামলাটি দায়ের করা হয়েছে। আদালত আগামী তিন দিনের মধ্যে আশুলিয়া থানাকে মামলাটি রেকর্ড করার আদেশ দিয়েছেন।'

এজাহারে উল্লেখ করা হয়েছে, গত ৫ আগস্ট শিক্ষার্থী-জনতার আন্দোলনে যোগ দিতে রাস্তায় নেমেছিলেন সাগর। দুপুর ২টার পর বাইপাইল এলাকায় আওয়ামী লীগ ও এর অঙ্গ সংগঠনের নেতাকর্মীরা সাগরকে মারধর করে। স্থানীয় সংসদ সদস্য সাইফুল ইসলাম সেখানে উপস্থিত ছিলেন। ইয়ারপুর ইউপি চেয়ারম্যান শামীম আহম্মেদ ভুইয়া সাগরের মাথায় আগ্নেয়াস্ত্র ঠেকিয়ে গুলি করেন।

সাগরকে হাসপাতালে নেওয়ার পর চিকিৎসকরা মৃত ঘোষণা করেন। ওই ঘটনার পর সাগরের মরদেহ রংপুরে দাফন করা হয়েছে বলেও এজাহারে উল্লেখ করা হয়েছে।

গত ২০ জুলাই কাঁচপুর এলাকায় বাসচালকের সহকারী নিহতের ঘটনায় নারায়ণগঞ্জে শেখ হাসিনার বিরুদ্ধে আরও একটি হত্যা মামলা দায়ের হয়েছে।

এ নিয়ে গত ৫ আগস্টের পরে শেখ হাসিনার বিরুদ্ধে নারায়ণগঞ্জে তিনটি হত্যা মামলা দায়ের হলো।

নিহত মো. জনির বাবা মো. ইয়াসিন বাদী হয়ে মঙ্গলবার বিকেলে সোনারগাঁ থানায় মামলাটি দায়ের করেন।

সোনারগাঁ থানার ভারপ্রাপ্ত কর্মকর্তা (ওসি) মো. কামরুজ্জামান জানিয়েছেন, মামলায় ১৮৭ জনের নাম উল্লেখ করে এবং অজ্ঞাতনামা ১২০ জনকে আসামি করা হয়েছে।

আসামিদের মধ্যে রয়েছেন—আওয়ামী লীগ সাধারণ সম্পাদক ওবায়দুল কাদের, সাবেক স্বরাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী আসাদুজ্জামান খান কামাল, সাবেক পররাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী হাছান মাহমুদ, সাবেক সংসদ সদস্য শামীম ওসমান ও তার ছেলে ইমতিনান ওসমান অয়ন, ভাতিজা আজমেরী ওসমান, সাবেক সংসদ সদস্য নজরুল ইসলাম বাবু, সাবেক সংসদ সদস্য গোলাম দস্তগীর গাজী ও সাবেক সংসদ সদস্য আব্দুল্লাহ আল কায়সার হাসনাত।

এজাহারে উল্লেখ করা হয়েছে, ১৭ বছর বয়সী মো. জনি নাফ পরিবহনের একটি বাসের চালকের সহকারী হিসেবে কাজ করতেন। তার বাড়ি সোনারগাঁ পৌরসভার বালুয়া দিঘীরপাড় গ্রামে।

গত ২০ জুলাই বিকেলে কোটা সংস্কারের দাবিতে আন্দোলন চলাকালে কাঁচপুর এলাকায় তিনি গুলিবিদ্ধ হন। একটি গুলি তার বুকে এবং আরেকটি তার পিঠে বিদ্ধ হলে ঘটনাস্থলেই জনির মৃত্যু হয়।

প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনা ও তার মন্ত্রী-সংসদ সদস্যের নির্দেশে আওয়ামী লীগের লোকজন আন্দোলনকারীদের দমন করতে নির্বিচারে গুলি চালালে জনি নিহত হন, এজাহারে উল্লেখ করেন ইয়াসিন।

এর আগে শনিবার নারায়ণগঞ্জ সদর মডেল থানায় ও সোমবার সিদ্ধিরগঞ্জ থানায় শেখ হাসিনার বিরুদ্ধে আরও দুটি হত্যা মামলা দায়ের হয়।

এদিন জয়পুরহাটে শেখ হাসিনাসহ ২১৭ জনের বিরুদ্ধে আরও একটি হত্যা মামলা দায়ের হয়েছে।

মঙ্গলবার দুপুরে নিহত মেহেদী শেখের (২৫) স্ত্রী জেসমিন আক্তার সৃষ্টি বাদী হয়ে জয়পুরহাট সিনিয়র জুডিশিয়াল ম্যাজিস্ট্রেট আতিকুর রহমানের আদালতে মামলাটি দায়ের করেন।

শুনানি শেষে আদালত জয়পুরহাট সদর থানার ভারপ্রাপ্ত কর্মকর্তাকে (ওসি) মামলাটি এজাহার হিসেবে নথিভুক্ত করার আদেশ দিয়েছেন। বাদীর আইনজীবী আব্দুল মোমিন ফকির দ্য ডেইলি স্টারকে তথ্যের সত্যতা নিশ্চিত করেছেন।

মেহেদী পেশায় একজন অটোরিকশাচালক ছিলেন। তিনি শহরের নতুনহাট এলাকার মৃত আলতাফ হোসেন শেখের ছেলে।

মামলার বিবরণীতে উল্লেখ করা হয়েছে, গত ৫ আগস্ট শেখ হাসিনা পদত্যাগ করে দেশ ছাড়ার পরে ৭০০-৮০০ মানুষ জয়পুরহাট সদর থানার বাইরে অবস্থান নিয়ে স্লোগান দিতে থাকেন। সে সময় আওয়ামী লীগ নেতাকর্মীরা থানার ভেতরে অবস্থান করছিলেন। থানার ভেতর থেকে আওয়ামী লীগ নেতাকর্মীদের ছোড়া গুলিতে মেহেদী গুরুতর আহত হন। পরবর্তীতে চিকিৎসাধীন অবস্থায় তার মৃত্যু হয়।​

 

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Hasina, Quader and Asaduzzaman sued in another murder case

Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 147 others were sued today in a case filed over the death of protester Liton Hasan Lalu during the mass protest in Mirpur-10 in August

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Hasina, Quader and Asaduzzaman sued in another murder case

Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 147 others were sued today in a case filed over the death of protester Liton Hasan Lalu during the mass protest in Mirpur-10 in August.

Awami League General Secretary and former road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, former lawmakers Kamal Ahmed Majumder and Mainul Hossain Khan Nikhil, former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, former DB chief Harun Or Rashid, former DMP commissioner Habibur Rahman and former DMP joint commissioner Biplob Kumar Sarkar are among the accused.

Md Milon Hasan, the victim's brother, filed the murder case with the Court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehedi Hasan.

The magistrate recorded the statement of the complainant and asked officer-in-charge of Mirpur Model Police Station to register it as a first information report (FIR).

According to the case statement, Liton participated in a procession during the mass protest brought out in the city's Mirpur-10 intersection around 2:00pm on August 4. At one stage, some other unidentified persons opened fire, injuring the victim seriously.

Soon after the incident, Liton was rushed to the National Institute of Neuroscience and Hospital at Agargaon where he succumbed to his injuries on August 7.

With this, Sheikh Hasina, who resigned and fled to India amid a mass uprising on August 5, is now facing 18 cases, including 15 for murder, one for abduction and two for committing crimes against humanity and genocide.​

 

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Move on to revoke official passports of Hasina, ex-ministers

The Department of Immigration and Passports has initiated a move to revoke the official passports of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her former cabinet colleagues and former...

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Move on to revoke official passports of Hasina, ex-ministers
Staff Correspondent 21 August, 2024, 00:00

The Department of Immigration and Passports has initiated a move to revoke the official passports of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her former cabinet colleagues and former members of parliament, as both her cabinet and the 12th parliament have already been dissolved.

Awami League president Sheikh Hasina, who resigned as prime minister and fled to India amid a student-led mass uprising on August 5, had a valid official passport till now, the passport officials confirmed.

‘We have taken a move to revoke the official passport of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and others in her cabinet already dissolved with her resignation as prime minister. They are no more entitled to the official passports as per law,’ a senior official at the Department of Immigration and Passports told New Age on Tuesday.

Asked about the present status of the official passport of Sheikh Hasina, the official said that the former prime minister was carrying a valid official passport and the process was under way to cancel it in a day or two.

Sheikh Hasina, now staying in India, was trying to get political asylum in some western countries, according to Indian media reports.

Official and diplomatic passport holders from Bangladesh can travel to India without visa and can stay there for a period of 45 days as per an agreement between the two countries, officials said.

A day after Sheikh Hasina’s fall, president Mohammed Shahabuddin on August 6 dissolved the 12th parliament formed through the January 7 controversial general election.

Later on August 8, the interim government led by Nobel laureate professor Mohammad Yunus was formed to run the country.​

 

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Student movement martyrs' families demand trial of Hasina, others

Family members of those who were killed in the student-people movement on Tuesday demanded trial of fascist Hasina and others for giving order of the killings. They made the demand at a memorial meeting at the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital recalling the martyrs in July mass-upsurge and

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Student movement martyrs' families demand trial of Hasina, others
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Aug 21, 2024 00:16
Updated :
Aug 21, 2024 01:37

Family members of those who were killed in the student-people movement on Tuesday demanded trial of fascist Hasina and others for giving order of the killings.

They made the demand at a memorial meeting at the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital recalling the martyrs in July mass-upsurge and other martyrs who were killed in the last 15 years at the hands of Awami fascist.

Students, teachers, writers, journalists and artistes' community arranged the programme on "We won't forget you who freed Bangladesh from autocrat sacrificing their lives".

At the outset of the memorial meeting, a one-minute silence was observed in memory of the martyrs of July movement of student-people and quick recovery of the injured was also wished. Later, national anthem was rendered.

Then, family members of the martyrs gave speeches, BSS reports.

Martyred Yamin's father Md Mahiuddin said: "What has happened to me, how my son was killed that cannot take place in any civilized society. Those who brutally killed him should be brought to justice for ensuring toughest punishment."

"We want to get justice in my lifetime. I seek doa for my son from all. I wish for the great purpose they sacrificed their lives would be successful," he said.

Shaheed Bahadur Hossain Monir's father Abu Zafar said: "I don't have any pain as I lost my son. I want the people stay in peace. If the people stay in peace, the soul of my son will get peace. I want trial of the fascist government."

Another martyr Din Islam's father Shah Alam Bapari became emotional while speaking before the audience. A somber situation was created on the Central Shaheed Minar premises on the occasion.

Emotionally choked Shah Alam said: "These killers must be brought to justice. I want to see the justice in my lifespan."

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Standing Committee Members Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan, Selima Rahman and Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, BNP Vice-Chairmen Shamsuzzaman Dudu and Dr Asaduzzaman Ripon, Joint Secretaries General Khairul Kabir Khokon and Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie and Chhatra Dal Central President Rakibul Islam Rakib were present, among others.

Dipok Goswami recited a poem titled "Sob Mone Rakha Hobe" in the memorial meeting.

Valiant Freedom Fighter, Researcher and Journalist Abu Sayeed Khan, Dr Zahidur Rahman, Publisher and Writer Sayeed Bari, poet Rafiqul Islam, Shaheed Rezaul Karim's father Alamgir Mir, Shaheed Litton Uddin's brother Ripon Uddin and Shaheed Ismail Hossain Sayeed's brother Rabiul Islam also reminisced on the occasion.

Three among family members of those who were forcefully disappeared during the 15 years' regime of the ousted autocrat Sheikh Hasina explained their miseries in emotional voice and demanded trial of killer Hasina.

Disappeared BNP leader and Dhaka City Corporation's former commissioner Chowdhury Alam's daughter Mahfuza Chowdhury, Saiful Islam Sumon's sister Tuli and Omar Faruque's son Imon Omar Faruque spoke.

"I lost my father 14 years ago. I want my father back now. I want trial of killer Hasina," Mahfuza Chowdhury said.

Festoons containing pictures of those who were killed in the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement and those who were killed and victims of forceful disappearance in the last 15 years' regime of fascist Awami League were hanged on the Shaheed Minar premises.​

 

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Sheikh Hasina, Sheikh Rehana sued over killing of fruit vendor

A case was filed against 21 people, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and daughter Saima Wazed Putul, over the killing of fruit vendor Farid Sheikh

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Sheikh Hasina, Sheikh Rehana sued over killing of fruit vendor
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Published: 20 Aug 2024, 23: 08

Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana BSS

A case was filed against 21 people, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and daughter Saima Wazed Putul, over the killing of fruit vendor Farid Sheikh in the capital's Jatrabari area during the recent anti-discrimination students' movement.

Deceased Farid's father Sultan Miah filed the case with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shakil Ahammed. The court after recording the statement of the complainant asked Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to investigate the matter and submit a report.

According to the documents, Farid Sheikh was shot by police around 3.30 pm on the road, south of Mayor Hanif Flyover's Jatrabari toll plaza, on 4 August. He succumbed to his injuries at Mugda Hospital on 6 August.

The other prominent accused in the complaint are - Obaidul Quader, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, Hasan Mahmud, Zunaid Ahmed Palak, Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel and Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh.​

 

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Three more ICT cases filed against Hasina

Three more complaints were filed with the investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal today against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina on charge of committing crimes against humanity and genocide in between July 15 to August 5

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Three more ICT cases filed against Hasina
Cases filed on charges of crimes against humanity, genocide; total ICT cases against former PM now 7

Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. File photo

Three more complaints were filed with the investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal today against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina on charge of committing crimes against humanity and genocide in between July 15 to August 5.

Two lawyers filed three separate complaints, on behalf of the fathers of three students who were killed during the student-led protests which later turned into a mass uprising that ousted Sheikh Hasina-led government on August 5.

"We have registered the complaints and thus the investigation of all these cases have started," Ataur Rahman, deputy director (admin) of the probe agency, told The Daily Star today.

With the three, at least seven complaints have been filed with the investigation agency against the former prime minister, her party and others.

Of the seven cases, six are in connection with the killings during the recent protests while another complaint was linked to the crimes committed centring the Hefajat-e-Islam rally at Motijheel's Shapla Chattar on May 5, 2013.

Supreme Court lawyer Hujjatul Islam Khan filed a complaint on behalf of Zakir Hossain, father of Foisal Ahmed Shanta, who was killed on July 16 at Muradpur area under Chattogram's Panchlaish Police Station, "following the directive and involvement" of the accused.

Apart from Sheikh Hasina, 76 others including Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, several other ministers, leaders of AL, and its front organisations, mainly from Chattogram, were made named accused.

Besides, 1,000 to 1,200 unnamed leaders and activists of AL and front organisations were made accused.

Another Supreme Cour lawyer Asaduzzaman filed a complaint on behalf of Abdul Matin, father of Sheikh Shahriar Bin Matin, an HSC examinee from Iswardi Ideal College of capital's Mirpur area.

According to the complaint, Shahriar was shot by police in Mirpur on July 18 and died two days later.

Apart from Sheikh Hasina, 49 others including top of leaders of parties under the AL-led alliance, former ministers, police members and leaders and activists of AL and its front organisations were made named accused.

Besides, AL, its front bodies were made accused as organisations and 500 unnamed leaders and activists of AL and front organisations were made accused.

The same lawyer filed another complaint on behalf of MA Razzaque, father of Asif Iqbal, a small trader from Sreepur Upazila of Magura.

According to the complaint, Asif was "shot dead by police" in the capital's Mirpur-10 intersection on July 19.

Apart from Sheikh Hasina, 71 others including top of leaders of parties under AL led alliance, former ministers, police members and leaders and activists of AL and its front organisations were made named accused.

Besides, 500 unnamed leaders and activists of AL and front organisations and police members were made accused.​

 

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জাহাঙ্গীর কবির নানকের মোহাম্মদপুরের বাসায় তল্লাশি

সেনাবাহিনীর সদস্যদের সঙ্গে শিক্ষার্থীও উপস্থিত ছিলেন।

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সেনাবাহিনীর সদস্যদের সঙ্গে শিক্ষার্থীও উপস্থিত ছিলেন।
জাহাঙ্গীর কবির নানকের মোহাম্মদপুরের বাসায় তল্লাশি

বুধবার সন্ধ্যা ৭টার দিকে জাহাঙ্গীর কবির নানকের বাসায় তল্লাশি করে সেনাবাহিনী | ছবি: শাহীন মোল্লা/স্টার

আওয়ামী লীগের সভাপতিমণ্ডলীর সদস্য এবং সাবেক বস্ত্র ও পাটমন্ত্রী জাহাঙ্গীর কবির নানকের বাসায় তল্লাশি করেছে সেনাবাহিনী।

বুধবার সন্ধ্যায় ৭টার দিকে মোহাম্মদপুর এলাকার শ্যামলী রিং রোড সংলগ্ন টিক্কা পাড়ার হাজী চিনু মিয়া লেনের আটতলা ভবনের দোতলা ও তিনতলায় অভিযান শুরু হয়।

প্রত্যক্ষদর্শীরা জানিয়েছেন, সেনাবাহিনীর সদস্যদের সঙ্গে শিক্ষার্থীও উপস্থিত ছিলেন। তবে এক ঘণ্টা সেনা সদস্যরা ঘটনাস্থল ত্যাগ করেন।

সেখানে উপস্থিত কয়েকজন শিক্ষার্থী জানান, অ্যাপার্টমেন্টটি তালাবদ্ধ বা সিল করার জন্য তারা পুলিশকে ফোন করেছেন কিন্তু পুলিশ রিসিভ করেনি। উৎসুক জনতা ভিড় করায় নিরাপত্তার স্বার্থে তারা ঘটনাস্থল ত্যাগ করেননি।

ছবি: শাহীন মোল্লা/স্টার

এ ব্যাপারে মন্তব্য জানতে দ্য ডেইলি স্টারের এই প্রতিবেদক রাত ১০টা থেকে পরবর্তী দেড় ঘণ্টায় মোহাম্মদপুর থানার ভারপ্রাপ্ত কর্মকর্তা ও পরিদর্শকের (তদন্ত) নম্বরে অন্তত ২০ বার ফোন করেন। তবে তারা কেউ রিসিভ করেননি।

পরবর্তীতে রাত পৌনে ১২টার দিকে সেনাবাহিনীর সদস্যরা আবারও ঘটনাস্থলে আসেন।

শিক্ষার্থীরা উপস্থিত গণমাধ্যমকর্মীদের জানান, সন্ধ্যার পর পর তল্লাশি শুরু হয়। আজ সকালে ও দুপুরে কয়েকটি গাড়িতে বস্তা থেকে শুরু করে অনেক কিছু নিয়ে যাওয়া হয়। আমরা সন্দেহ করি কিছু থাকতে পারে। সে জন্য সেনাবাহিনীর সহযোগিতায় আমরা তল্লাশি শুরু করি।

তারা বলেন, তল্লাশি করে আগ্নেয়াস্ত্র বা টাকা-পয়সা পাওয়া যায়নি। ছিল কি না আমরা নিশ্চিত না। যেহেতু সকালে ও দুপুরে গাড়ি ভরে বস্তা নিয়ে যাওয়া হয়েছে। আমরা অনেক বাড়ির দলিল পেয়েছি, যেগুলো অন্যের নামে। চাকরির ক্ষেত্রে তিনি এবং আওয়ামী লীগের লোকজন যে সুপারিশ করতেন, সেই প্রমাণ আমরা তার বাড়ি থেকে পেয়েছি। তার স্বাক্ষরের ভিত্তিতে অনেক চাকরি পরীক্ষার্থীর রেজাল্ট বৃদ্ধি করা হয়েছে, সেই প্রমাণ আমরা পেয়েছি। আওয়ামী লীগের নেতাকর্মীদের টাকা-পয়সা কোথায় থেকে আসতো, কোথায় যেত এবং কার কাছে কত টাকা যেত সেই লিস্ট ভেতরে পাওয়া গেছে।

ছবি: সংগৃহীত

বাসার ভেতরে টিসিবির (ট্রেডিং করপোরেশন অব বাংলাদেশ) অনেক মালামাল পাওয়া গেছে, যেমন—চাল, ডাল, তেল। দুস্থদের ভেতরে যে কম্বল বিতরণ করা হয়, অনেক সংখ্যক সেই কম্বল পাওয়া গেছে। ত্রাণ সামগ্রী হিসেবে দেওয়া হয় যে বিস্কিট সেগুলোও অনেক পরিমাণে পাওয়া গেছে, যেগুলোর মেয়াদোত্তীর্ণ হয়ে গেছে। ব্র্যান্ডের ঘড়ির খালি বক্স পাওয়া গেছে। দুএকটি ঘড়ি আমরা যেগুলো দেখেছি, প্রতিটিতে নৌকা প্রতীক ও আওয়ামী লীগের পতাকা এবং ভেতরে জয় বাংলা লেখা ছিল। অর্ডার দিয়ে বানিয়ে আনা হয়েছিল। প্রতিটি ঘড়ি মেয়েদের। প্রতিটি কাগজ আমরা গুরুত্ব দিয়ে দেখেছি, লকারে কিছু পাওয়া যায়নি। মাদ্রাসাশিক্ষার্থীদের কিছু ছবি পাওয়া গেছে বাসার ভেতরে, বলেন তারা।

ভবনের নিরাপত্তাকর্মী আনোয়ার হোসেন জানান, ধানমন্ডির একটি বাসায় থাকতেন নানক। মাঝে মাঝে মোহাম্মদপুরের এই অ্যাপার্টমেন্টে আসতেন। তবে গত ৫ আগস্টের পরে আর আসেননি।

তিনি আরও জনান, গত নির্বাচনের সময় ওই ফ্ল্যাটটি মোহাম্মদপুর আওয়ামী লীগের নির্বাচনী ক্যাম্প অফিস হিসেবে ব্যবহৃত হয়েছে।

ঘটনাস্থল পরিদর্শন করে দেখা যায়, অ্যাপার্টমেন্টের মেঝেতে কাগজপত্র ছড়িয়ে-ছিটিয়ে রয়েছে।​

 

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Dozen more cases filed against ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina, aides

Over a dozen more cases, including three on charge of genocide, were filed on Wednesday against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her aides, taking the number of cases filed against her to 44 since the fall of her government in a student-led uprising on August 5...

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Dozen more cases filed against ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina, aides
Staff Correspondent 21 August, 2024, 20:50

Sheikh Hasina | Collected photo

Over a dozen more cases, including three on charge of genocide, were filed on Wednesday against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her aides, taking the number of cases filed against her to 44 since the fall of her government in a student-led uprising on August 5.

Hasina, also the Awami League’s president, was accused in 34 cases of murder, 7 cases of genocide and crimes against humanity, one case of shooting at students and mobs, one case of abduction, and one case of attacking the motorcade of Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia.

In one of three complaints filed with the International Crimes Tribunal on Wednesday, Hasina was accused along with 76 others, including AL general secretary Obaidul Quader, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, former foreign minister Hasan Mahmud, and education minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury, of committing genocide and crimes against humanity at Panchlaish crossing at Chattogram Metropolitan Police area during a Student Movement Against Discrimination protest on July 16.

Other accused included former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun, seven police officials of Chattogram Metropolitan Police, Chhatra League’s central president Saddam Hossain, general secretary Sheikh Wali Asif Inan, and local leaders of the Awami League and its associate bodies in Chattogram.

Supreme Court lawyer Hujjatul Islam Khan, on behalf of Zakir Hossain, the father of Faisal Ahmed Shanta, who was killed on July 16 in the Muradpur area under Chattogram’s Panchlaish police station, filed the case.

Another Supreme Court lawyer, Asaduzzaman, on behalf of Abdul Matin, father of college student Sheikh Shahriar Bin Matin filed the second complaint against Hasina and his aides for genocide and crimes against humanity in the capital’s Mirpur area.

The complaint states that police in Mirpur shot Shahriar on July 18 and he died two days later.

Apart from Sheikh Hasina, 49 others, including the top leaders of parties under the AL-led alliance, former ministers, police members, leaders, and activists of AL and its front organisations, were named as accused.

Besides, AL, and its front bodies were accused as organisations, and 500 unnamed leaders and activists of AL and its front organisations were accused.

Lawyer Asaduzzaman filed another ICT complaint on behalf of MA Razzaque, father of Asif Iqbal, a small trader from Sripur upazila in Magura.

According to the complaint, Asif was ‘shot dead by police’ at the capital’s Mirpur-10 crossing on July 19.

Apart from Sheikh Hasina, 71 others, including the top leaders of parties under the AL-led alliance, former ministers, police members, leaders, and activists of AL and its front organisations, were named as accused.

Besides, 500 unnamed leaders and activists of AL and front organisations and police members were accused.

Apart from this, 10 murder cases were filed with the police stations in New Market, Mirpur, Rampura, Badda, Sutrapur, Tejgaon in the capital, Gazipur, Rupganj, and Fatullah, while a case was filed in Sylhet for shooting at agitating students.

The New Market case was filed against Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, and five others by Samsi Ara Zaman Koli, the mother of photographer Tahir Zaman Priyo, who was killed in the Central Road area of the capital on July 19 during student protests.

The Mirpur police recorded a murder case against Hasina, former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque, and her aides on the charge of the killing of private company employee Firoj Talukder on July 19.

Metropolitan magistrate Md Mehedi Hasan asked the Mirpur police station’s officer-in-charge to record the case after hearing a complaint filed by Firoj’s wife, Reshma Sultana.

Obaidul Quader, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, and Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun were also accused in the case.

The Rampura murder case was filed against Hasina and her 27 aides, including Quader and Asaduzzaman, for the killing of a freelance casting coordinator, Md Rasel Mia, during the protests on July 19.

Metropolitan magistrate Shanto Islam Mallik asked the Rampura police to record the case after hearing a complaint in court.

Hasina and 48 others were accused of the killing of college student Md Touhidul Haque in Tejgaon.

They were made the accused in a complaint filed by Touhid’s brother Torikul Islam with the court of Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Nurul Huda Chowdhury, which asked the officer-in-charge of Tejgaon police station to record it as a First Information Report.

The other prominent accused in the case are AL leaders Quader, Asaduzzaman, Anisul Huq, Salman F Rahman, Hasan Mahmud, Mohammad A Arafat, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-Jasod president Hasanul Haq Inu, and historian Muntassir Mamun.

Bangladesh Sangbad Sangastha reported that a murder case was filed against 34 people, including Hasina, Asaduzzaman, Habibur Rahman, Harun Or Rashid, Biplob Kumar, Sayeed Khokon, and Solaiman Selim, over the killing of electrician Elem Al Faydi in the capital’s Lakshmibazar area during the student movement.

Jagannath University student Samsul Arefin filed the complaint with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Torikul Islam, which asked the Sutrapur police station to record a case.

In Badda, two murder cases were filed against Hasina and 189 others over the killing of Sumon Sikder and Abdul Jabbar on July 19.

Sumon’s mother Masuma filed one case against Hasina and 178 others, including Asaduzzaman Khan and Salman F Rahman, Bashundhara Group managing director Sayem Sobhan Anvir, and managing director and editor-in-chief of Ekattor TV Mozammel Babu, while Jabbar’s mother Nazma Begum filed the other murder case against Hasina and eight others.

In Narayanganj, two murder cases were filed against Hasina and others over the killing of a 17-year-old student and a bus driver in Rupganj and Fatullah.

Hasina and 104 others were accused in the case filed with the Rupganj police station over the killing of Roman Rina.

Roman, a 10th-grade student at Naba Kisholoy High School, was shot in the Chonpara area of Rupganj on the evening of August 5.

Another case was filed with the Fatullah police station against Hasina and 79 others by the mother of Abul Hossain, who was killed during the movement.

In Gazipur, a murder case was filed on Tuesday night with the Basan police station against 139 people, including Hasina, over the death of Noor Alam, 22, during the protest on July 20, New Age correspondent reported.

In Sylhet, Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, AL leader Quader, and 84 others were accused of attacking and shooting at students and a mob on August 4, reported New Age staff correspondent.

Besides the accused, 600 other unidentified people were also accused.​

 

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Government to repeal red passports of Hasina, former ministers and MPs

The government is going to repeal all diplomatic (red) passports issued in the name of all former ministers and lawmakers, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina. Since there is no active parliament and no current ministers or MPs, their passports are going to be cancelled, said Ali Reza Si

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Government to repeal red passports of Hasina, former ministers and MPs
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Aug 22, 2024 05:37

The government is going to repeal all diplomatic (red) passports issued in the name of all former ministers and lawmakers, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

Since there is no active parliament and no current ministers or MPs, their passports are going to be cancelled, said Ali Reza Siddiqui, Additional Secretary (Security and Immigration Division) of the Ministry of Home Affairs, on Wednesday night.

The Passport Department has been instructed to proceed, and a notification will be issued soon, he said.

Following the formation of a new government, ministers and MPs are issued red passports. Advisors to the Prime Minister, secretaries, and officials of secretary rank also receive these passports.

Additionally, officials of constitutional institutions, Bangladeshi missions abroad, and vice chancellors of public universities also receive red passports.

Ali Reza Siddiqui could not specify the current number of red passports in existence.

Earlier on August 5, the Sheikh Hasina government fell due to an uprising led by students and the public.

A day later, on August 6, the President dissolved the parliament, paving the way for an interim government led by Nobel laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus to be formed on August 8.​

 

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Five more murder cases filed against Hasina

Five more murder cases were filed today against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, several of her cabinet members and top police officials

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Five more murder cases filed against Hasina

File photo of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina

Five more murder cases were filed today against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, several of her cabinet members and top police officials.

Of them, three were filed in Dhaka. Two cases were filed in Narsingdi and Bogura.

The former PM now faces at least 49 cases, including 40 for murders, seven for crimes against humanity and genocide, one for abduction and one for an attack on a BNP procession.

In Dhaka, Hasina and 46 others were sued for the killing of a street hawker Shahabul Islam Shaon during protests in Ashulia on August 4.

Advocate Hannan Bhuiyan filed the case with the court of Dhaka Senior Judicial Magistrate Arifa Chowdhury Himel.

The magistrate recorded the statement and asked the officer-in-charge of Ashulia Police Station to register it as a first information report (FIR).

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, former AL lawmakers Md Saiful Islam and Talukdar Mohammad Towhid Jung Murad and former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun were among the accused.

Zakiullah Bahar, 56, a resident of Uttara Paschim area, filed another case with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mainul Islam against Hasina and 32 over the death of 12-grader Abdullah Bin Jahid at the Airport area on August 5.

The magistrate recorded statements of the complainant and asked the OC of Airport Police Station to register it as the FIR.

Rabiul Khan Hillol, a resident of Mohammadpur, filed a case with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury against Hasina and 67 others over the killing of Shahriar Hossain Rokon, 23, in the city's Mohammadpur on July 19.

The magistrate also asked the OC of Mohammadpur Police Station to register it as the FIR.

In Narsingdi, a murder case was filed against Hasina and 81 others over the killing of a businessman Azizul Islam during the anti-discrimination student movement on July 19.

Azizul's father Almach Mia lodged the complaint with the Chief Judicial Magistrate's court which directed the OC of Narsingdi Police Station to register it as an FIR.

Quader, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, former IGP Mamun were, among others accused in the case.

In Bogura, Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, son Sajeeb Wazed Joy daughter Saima Wazed Putul and 76 others were sued in a case filed over the abduction and killing of a union level BNP leader Shah Alam Sujan in the district's Shibganj upazila in 2018.

Advocate Abdul Wahab, also the general secretary of upazila unit BNP, field the case with a Bogura court which directed OC of Shibganj Police Station to register it as an FIR.​