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

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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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ICT begins probe against Bangladesh's ousted PM Hasina, others in genocide case
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
DU correspondent 16 August, 2024, 00:15

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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Awami League facing consequences of their own actions: Sarjis Alam
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Aug 16, 2024 21:08
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Aug 16, 2024 21:08

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 01:32
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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
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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
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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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5 more murder cases filed against ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina
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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Hasina, 33 others sued for ‘mass killing’ at Hefazat rally
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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Published :
Aug 19, 2024 01:19
Updated :
Aug 19, 2024 01:24

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.​