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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 21, 2024 23:35
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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.​

 

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Revocation of red passports: A new reality for Hasina in India

After the interim government revoked all diplomatic passports yesterday, questions have now arisen as to how long Sheikh Hasina can stay in India and whether she faces a possible extradition.

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Revocation of red passports: A new reality for Hasina in India

After the interim government revoked all diplomatic passports yesterday, questions have now arisen as to how long Sheikh Hasina can stay in India and whether she faces a possible extradition.

Hasina, the former prime minister of Bangladesh, fled to India after being forced to resign in the face of a student-led mass uprising on August 5.

According to the Indian visa policy, Bangladeshi citizens holding diplomatic or official passports are eligible for visa-free entry and a stay of up to 45 days.

As of yesterday, Hasina has already spent 18 days in India.

She does not hold any passport other than the diplomatic passport issued in her name, according to government sources.

The cancellation of her diplomatic passport and its associated visa privileges may put her at risk of extradition.

The extradition of Hasina, who is facing 51 cases, including 42 for murder, falls within the legal framework of the extradition treaty signed between Bangladesh and India.

TREATY AND POLITICAL REALITY

According to the treaty signed in 2013 and amended in 2016, "extradition may be refused if the offence for which it is requested is an offence of a political character."

It also says that certain offences -- like murder -- "shall not be regarded as offences of a political character" for the purposes of the treaty.

However, one of the grounds for refusal of extradition is if the charges being pressed have not been "made in good faith, in the interest of justice".

A former Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, choosing anonymity, told this newspaper that regardless of the law, the decision on whether or not Hasina will be extradited will ultimately be a "political call".

"The question to be answered is how strong are economic linkages between India and Bangladesh are, which will ensure that Hasina does not hang like an albatross by the neck of bilateral ties for the bigger interests of both countries," the career diplomat said.

Professor Sreeradha Dutta, a professor of international affairs at the OP Jindal Global University in India who has a long track record of research on Bangladeshi democracy, said that extradition will neither be an easy nor a quick process.

"Bangladesh can request extradition, but I believe it will become a long-drawn judicial process. Even if Bangladesh revokes her passport, that might have no implication for India. India will question the decision and its legitimacy," said Professor Dutta.

"Since a government politically opposed to Sheikh Hasina is the one prosecuting her, it might be perceived that she is fleeing political persecution and a threat to life. We have a history of looking after our friends," she added.

Another Indian diplomat who had worked in Dhaka in the 1990s said the dilemma for India is that while it needs to maintain ties with whoever holds the reins of power in Bangladesh, at the same time it should not be seen as abandoning a long-standing friend like Hasina.

There are enough linkages between the economies of Bangladesh and India to guard against any tectonic shift in the relations between the two countries, he added.

Foreign Affairs Adviser Mohammad Touhid, in an interview with Reuters on August 16, said if the country's home and law ministries decide, "we have to ask for her ... return to Bangladesh".

Responding to a question about the status of Hasina's stay in India, India's External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal, told a media briefing on August 16 that her entry into India was granted on short notice.

"Extradition and other such issues are consular matters that are discussed regularly at the consular level. I will update you on any new developments regarding this matter," he said.

INDIA'S HISTORY OF GRANTING ASYLUM

Sheikh Hasina had previously sought and obtained political asylum from India in 1975 after the assassination of her father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on August 15. Hasina and Rehana escaped the bloodshed as they were in then-West Germany.

Before being granted political asylum, they had taken refuge in the home of Bangladesh's ambassador to West Germany. Hasina returned to Dhaka on May 17, 1981, from India.

India is not a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention or its 1967 Protocol.

But India has given shelter to many Pakistani refugees since 1947, while a huge number of refugees from Tibet came to India when Dalai Lama and his followers were being persecuted by Chinese authorities in 1959.

Many Bangladeshi refugees settled in Kolkata during the Liberation War in 1971, while many Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka settled in Tamil Nadu in 1980.

In 2022, Rohingya refugees from Myanmar fled to India, and India has been providing shelter to many, although without any strategy for refugees.

According to BBC Bangla reports, in 1975, Krishak Sramik Janata League President Abdul Kader Siddique took political shelter in India, while in 1959 the Indian government provided asylum to Dalai Lama and his followers.

Mohammad Najibullah Ahmadzai, former president of Afghanistan, had to resign in 1992 and sought asylum in India, which was promptly granted.

In 2013, former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed was granted political refuge in the Indian High Commission in Male, while the former king of Nepal, Maharaja Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah, along with his family members, took refuge status in India in 1950.

HASINA'S EXIT NOT ONE-OFF

Before thousands of people stormed her official residence, Hasina was flown to Hindon Airbase in Ghaziabad by a military aircraft on August 5.

At the time, she was no longer the prime minister of Bangladesh, as per the statements of Army Chief General Waker Uz Zaman, who announced to the nation that Hasina had resigned prior to her departure.

After landing at Hindon airbase, Hasina was transported to a safe house of paramilitary provided by the Indian government in Noida, Uttarakhand province, at an unspecified date, according to sources.

The nature of Hasina's departure was not unique; other heads of state have recently set similar precedents in neighbouring countries.

The events that transpired in Bangladesh on August 5 bore striking similarities to those that occurred in Sri Lanka in July 2022 when former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa and prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa were ousted following a mass movement.

After his fall, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, his wife, and two bodyguards fled to the Maldives by a military jet, and then he reportedly flew to Singapore.

The former Thailand prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was ousted by a military coup in 2006 and exiled to Dubai for 15 years, dodging an eight-year prison sentence for corruption and abuse of power.

He returned to Bangkok for the first time in 15 years in August 2023 and was taken into custody and sentenced by the Supreme Court to eight years in prison. His eight-year sentence was later commuted to a year by King Maha Vajiralongkorn in September last year. Thaksin Shinawatra received a royal pardon last week after his daughter, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, 37, was elected as Thailand's prime minister.​

 

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Bank accounts of Mustafa Kamal, Tipu Munshi frozen

Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit on Thursday froze bank accounts of former finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal and former commerce minister Tipu Munshi and...

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Bank accounts of Mustafa Kamal, Tipu Munshi frozen
Staff Correspondent 23 August, 2024, 00:39

AHM Mustafa Kamal and Tipu Munshi.

Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit on Thursday froze bank accounts of former finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal and former commerce minister Tipu Munshi and their family members.

The BFIU sent the instruction to all banks and financial institutions, asking them to freeze transactions for accounts held in the names of Mustafa Kamal, his wife Kashmiri Kamal, his daughters Kashfi Kamal and Nafisa Kamal.

Besides, accounts of Tipu Munshi, his wife Irena Malabika Munshi, and their daughters Tania Anyanya Munshi and Trisha Munshi also were frozen.

The order was issued under the Money Laundering Prevention Act 2019.

The BFIU also instructed banks and financial institutions to send their account-related documents, such as account opening forms, KYC, and transaction details, within three working days of the notice.

The series of account-freezing of the ministers of the former Awami League government came after the fall of Sheikh Hasina as prime minister.

Awami League president Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India on August 5 amid a mass uprising spearheaded by students.​

 

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Rashed Khan Menon arrested from Gulshan

He has been arrested under a case filed over the recent clashes between the protesters and the law enforcement agencies.

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Rashed Khan Menon arrested from Gulshan
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Published: 22 Aug 2024, 19: 35

Rashed Khan MenonFile photo

The police have arrested Rashed Khan Menon, the president of Workers Party of Bangladesh, from the capital’s Gulshan area.

Mostafa Alamgir, a leader of his party, confirmed it, saying that Menon was detained from his residence around 5:15pm on Thursday.

Meanwhile, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police said in a text message in the evening that Menon had been arrested from the Gulshan area. It, however, did not reveal the details.

According to sources, the Workers Party leader has been arrested under a case filed over the recent clashes between the protesters and the law enforcement agencies.

The Workers Party is a key member of the Awami League-led 14-party alliance that ruled the country for around 16 years. He served as minister for civil aviation and social welfare ministries for separate terms.​

 

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Justice Shamsuddin Manik held in Sylhet border area

Border Guard Bangladesh detained Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik from Sylhet bordering area as he attempted to flee to India tonight.

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Justice Shamsuddin Manik held in Sylhet border area

Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik. Photo: Screengrab

The Boarder Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel last night detained AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik, a retired judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, while fleeing the country.

"BGB detained Former judge Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik at the border while he was trying to flee to India," BGB's Public Relations Officer Shariful Islam told The Daily Star around midnight.

He, however, could not say any further details instantly.

Justice Manik has been co-accused in several cases filed against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her cabinet members and top Awami League leaders recently.

Justice Manik has been at the centre of controversy several times over the years for his judgements and activities during his tenure as judge and after retiring.

Manik was appointed as an additional HC judge on July 3, 2001 for two years. BNP, which came to state powers in 2001, did not confirm his appointment.

On March 2, 2009, Manik was reinstated as a judge in the court following an HC verdict after the AL government came to power.

He was appointed as a permanent HC judge on 25 March 2009.

On June 5, 2012, then-ruling AL lawmakers said in the parliament that Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik had violated the constitution by making "derogatory remarks" about the then-Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Md Abdul Hamid.

Earlier in the same day, during the hearing of a rule, Justice Manik observed that the Speaker (Hamid) had committed an offence tantamount to sedition by commenting in the House on an HC order. He also said the Speaker was completely ignorant of the apex court and the constitution.

Senior AL lawmaker Tofail Ahmed told parliament, "I was surprised to see how Justice Manik spoke against the Speaker and accused him of sedition. We have no words to censure him."

The same judge, Tofail added, had once punished a traffic police officer for failing to salute him on the road. "I think he is a sadist who gets pleasure by hurting people."

Tofail also accused Manik of forcefully sitting in business class seats on Biman flight though he bought economy class tickets through the misuse of his position.

On March 31, 2013, he was promoted to the Appellate Division. Manik retired on October 1, 2015. He was removed from the bench on orders from the then chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha. Manik had allegedly secretly recorded a conversation between him and Sinha, and published the conversation in The Daily Janakantha.​

 

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10 more cases filed against Hasina, aides

At least ten more murder cases were filed against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her aides between Thursday night and Friday evening, taking the number of...

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10 more cases filed against Hasina, aides
Staff Correspondent 23 August, 2024, 17:51

Sheikh Hasina. | File photo

At least ten more murder cases were filed against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her aides between Thursday night and Friday evening, taking the number of cases filed against her to 56 after the fall of her government on August 5 amid a mass uprising led by students.

Apart of Hasina and other high profile leaders of the Awami League, the much talked about businessman during its regime S Alam Group chairman Mohammad Saiful Alam, along with his two sons Ahsanul Alam and Ashraful Alam, were accused in a case in connection with the murder of garment worker Md Rubel in the capital.

Former Awami League lawmaker for Dhaka-10 constituency actor Ferdous Ahmed along with former Awami League lawmaker for Magura-1 constituency cricketer Shakib Al Hasan were also accused in the case filed with the Adabor police on Thursday night.

An Adabor police official told New Age on Friday morning that the case was filed against 156 individuals, including ousted prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina, and former road transport and bridges minister and party general secretary Obaidul Quader, at about 10:30pm on Thursday.

Besides, 500 unidentified people were also accused in the case.

According to the case statement, Rubel, a garments factory worker, joined the protest in the city’s Ring Road area on August 5, the day Hasina resigned and fled to India amid the mass uprising.

Rubel was shot and rushed to a hospital where he died while undergoing treatment on August 7.

Seven murder cases were filed on Thursday night and three until Friday evening.

Hasina is accused in 46 murder cases, seven 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.

Of the ten murder cases, one has been filed against 125 people, including Sheikh Hasina, in the early hours of Friday with the Gachha police in Gazipur over killing of hawker Arif Bepari, 28, on July 20 during the student movement in Kalemeshar area under the police station.

The prominent accused in this case include Obaidul Quader, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, former liberation war affairs minister AKM Mozammel Haque, and former state minister for youth and sports Zahid Ahsan Rasel.

Around 350 unidentified Awami League leaders have also been accused in the case, New Age correspondent in Gazipur confirmed, quoting Gachha police officer-in-charge Ziaul Islam.

Another case was filed against Hasina and 126 others on Friday in the killing of Dhaka Commerce College student Abdul Ahad Shaikat.

Victim’s father Nazrul Islam filed the case with the Savar model police, United News of Bangladesh reported.

The others in the case include former road transport and bridge minister Obaidul Quader, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, former state minister for information and broadcasting Mohammad A Arafat, and former disaster management and relief state minister Enamur Rahman.

According to the case details, these individuals, along with others, ordered Awami League and associate bodies Bangladesh Chhatra League and Juba league members to carry out the attack.

Shaikat participated in a protest on August 5 when he was brutally beaten and shot on Mukti Road in Savar. He was declared dead upon arrival in hospital.

In Narayanganj on Friday, Billal Hossein filed a case with the Siddhirganj police against 300 people, including Hasina and Obaidul Quader, over the death of housewife Sumaiya Akhter on July 20.

According to the case statement, Sumaiya was shot in the head while she went out in the balcony to see a helicopter on July 20.

Zakiullah Bahar filed a case with the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court against Hasina and 32 over the death of 12-grader Abdullah Bin Jahid in the Airport area on August 5.

Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Mainul Islam directed the Airport police to register the complaint as a First Information Report, said Airport police officer-in-charge Ershad Ahmed.

‘We will record the case today,’ Ershad told New Age on Friday.

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 Mohammadpur police to register it as a First Information Report.

Mohammadpur police inspector (investigation) Md Tofazzal Hossain on Friday said that they were yet to receive the court copy for recording the case.

In Bogura, a case was filed against Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, daughter Saima Wazed Putul, and 76 others over the abduction and killing of union level Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Shah Alam Sujan in the district’s Shibganj upazila in 2018.

Advocate Abdul Wahab, also general secretary of upazila unit Bangladesh Nationalist Party, filed the case with a Bogura court which directed the Shibganj police to register it as a First Information Report, Bogura district superintendent of police Zakir Hasan confirmed.

In Narayanganj, Abu Hanif filed a case with the Sonargaan police against Hasina and 155 others on Thursday over the killing of his cousin Shafiq Mia on August 4.

In the same district on Thursday, another case was filed with the Araihazar police against 131, including Hasina, Obaidul Quader and former lawmaker for Narayanganj-4 constituency Shamim Osman, over the death of Duptara union Bangladesh Nationalist Party vice president Md Babul Mia.

The party’s Duptara union general secretary Nurul Amin filed the case, said Araihazar police officer-in-charge Mohammad Ahsan Ullah.

According to the case statement, Babul Mia was killed by unidentified individuals in the Tatipara area while returning home from a protest programme on August 4.

Another 150 unidentified people were also accused in the case.

In Fatullah of the district, a case was filed on Thursday with the Fatullah police against 179 people, including Hasina and Quader, over the killing of 23-year-old Parvez on July 19.

Sohrab Mia, father of victim Parvez, filed the case, said its officer-in-charge Nur-e-Azam.​

 

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Another murder case filed against Hasina

Seven journalists also accused in the Jatrabari student killing case

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Another murder case filed against Hasina
Seven journalists also accused in the Jatrabari student killing case

Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. File photo

A murder case was filed against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 192 others, including seven journalists, over the death of a student in the capital's Jatrabari area on July 19.

Nayeem Howlader, 17, an HSC student at Shanarpar Rowshan Ara Degree College, was shot dead in Jatrabari during the protests centring on the quota reform system.

On Thursday, Nayeem's father Kamrul Islam filed the murder case with Jatrabari Police Station naming 193 individuals.

Besides, 80-90 police officers and members assigned to the Wari Zone on the day of the incident, as well as 250-300 unidentified individuals, were accused in the case.

The accused include Hasina, multiple ministers and MPs, mayors, police officers, journalists, Awami League leaders, Jubo League and Chhatra League members, as well as officials from the police and Rapid Action Battalion.

The journalists named in the case are: Mozammel Haque Babu, managing director and editor-in-chief of Ekattor TV; Syed Ishtiaque Reza, former chief news editor (CNE) of Ekattor TV; Ahmed Jobaer, a director of Somoy TV; Munni Saha, former CNE of ATN News; Farzana Rupa, former principal correspondent of Ekattor TV; Shakil Ahmed, former head of news at Ekattor TV; and Nayeemul Islam Khan, Hasina's press secretary.

Among them, Shakil Ahmed and Farzana Rupa are on remand for four days in a murder case of a garment worker filed with Uttara East Police Station. They were arrested at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday.

Multiple cases have so far been filed against Hasina, her party members and law enforcement officers over the deaths caused by police gunfire.

In some cases, journalists have also been named, a feature of the previous Awami League government.

Asked why such cases are still occurring, Asif Nazrul, the law affairs adviser to the interim government, said: "We cannot prevent a guardian of a deceased student from filing a case based on their judgment."

The previous government had institutionalised the practice of filing such broad cases, he said.

"Perhaps we are witnessing the aftermath now. However, we will ensure that no one is harassed without a proper investigation," Nazrul added.

In the case filed with Jatrabari Police Station, the plaintiff Kamrul Islam said some "reckless, corrupt, self-serving and overly enthusiastic officers" of the police, Rab and BGB indiscriminately opened fire on the protesting students and civilians on the orders -- both direct and indirect -- of former PM Hasina and 14-party alliance leaders.

Following Hasina's orders, the accused, armed and intending to launch an armed assault on the peaceful protesters, recklessly fired on the innocent students, it said.

This resulted in the deaths of over a thousand people including his son Nayeem, with countless others injured, according to the first information report.

Besides Hasina, the other accused include her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and her daughter Saima Wazed Putul, currently serving as the South East Asian regional director for the World Health Organisation.

Hasina's cousin Sheikh Helal Uddin, also a former MP, and his son Sheikh Sarhan Naser Tonmoy, also a former MP, were accused in the case.

Obaidul Quader, secretary general of Awami League; Anwar Hossain Manju; Hasanul Haq Inu; Rashed Khan Menon; Amir Hossain Amu; Tajul Islam; Anisul Haque; Dipu Moni; Mohammad A Arafat; SM Rezaul Karim; Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir; Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal; AFM Bahauddin Nasim; Hasan Mahmud; Shajahan Khan; Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury; and Zunaid Ahmed Palak were made accused too.

The list of accused also includes Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, former mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation; Atiqul Islam, former mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation; and former MP Haji Mohammad Selim.

Others named as accused include former BCL president Badiuzzaman Sohag, former general secretaries Zakir Hossain and Siddique Nazmul Alam, Jubo League Chairman Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash, Jubo League General Secretary Mainul Hossain Khan Nikhil, former MP and actor Ferdous Ahmed, and Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee president Shahriar Kabir.

The police officials accused in the case are DMP's Wari Division Deputy Commissioner (DC) Iqbal Hossain, former IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, former Special Branch Chief Monirul Islam, former DMP Commissioner Habibur Rahman, former DB Chief Harun Or Rashid, Joint Police Commissioner Biplob Kumar Sarkar, Joint Commissioner SM Mehedi Hasan, Lalbagh Police Station Inspector (Operations) Atiqul Haque, Assistant Police Commissioner of Lalbagh Zone Nazrul Islam, Shahbagh Police Station Sub-Inspector Ashraful Sikder, and several DB officers.​