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

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Bangladeshi Hindus are fine. No need to poke your noses into our internal affairs. The Indian external intelligence agency, RAW, is fueling discontent among a section of the people of Bangladesh to destabilize the whole country. The Indian prime minister should stop RAW from creating unrest in Bangladesh.

Biden, Modi discuss situation in Bangladesh

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today spoke to US President Joe Biden over the phone to discuss the situation in Bangladesh

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Biden, Modi discuss situation in Bangladesh

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday (Monday) spoke to US President Joe Biden over the phone to discuss the situation in Bangladesh.

During the phone call initiated by Biden, "The two leaders expressed their shared concern over the situation in Bangladesh and emphasised the restoration of law and order and ensuring the safety of minorities, particularly Hindus, in Bangladesh," said a readout issued by the Indian Prime Minister's Office.

Besides Bangladesh, Modi and Biden had a detailed exchange of views about various regional and global issues, it added.

The two leaders reiterated their commitment to strengthen further the cooperation in multilateral fora, including the Quad and they agreed to remain in touch, according to the readout.

This was the first time Modi and Biden spoke to each other on the issue of Bangladesh since the ouster of Sheikh Hasina as prime minister.

Hasina resigned and escaped to India on August 5 in the face of weeks of street protests led by students.​

 

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2 more murder cases against Hasina, aides

Two more murder cases were filed against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her aides on Sunday night in Dhaka and Gazipur, taking the number of cases filed against her to...

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2 more murder cases against Hasina, aides
Staff Correspondent 26 August, 2024, 23:51

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Two more murder cases were filed against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her aides on Sunday night in Dhaka and Gazipur, taking the number of cases filed against her to 67 after the fall of her government on August 5 amid a mass uprising led by students.

Hasina is accused in 57 murder cases, seven cases of genocide and crimes against humanity, one case of shooting at students and public, one case of abduction, and one case of attacking the motorcade of Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia.

Of the two new murder cases, one was filed in Dhaka against 13 people, including Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday night with the Mohammadpur police for killing Mahmudur Rahaman Saikat on July 19.

The victim’s father Mahabubur Rahamn filed the case after waiting at the police station more than eight hours.

Sharina Afroz Supti, the victim’s elder sister told New Age that they had to wait for more than eight hours to lodge the case as the police showed disinterest to record it.

‘We have succeeded in filing the case at about 11:30pm finally while we went there about 3:00pm,’ she said.

Asked about the delay in recording the case, Mohammadpur police officer-in-charge Iftekhar Hasan said that he took the charge on the day.

‘Filing the case was delayed due to the vacuum in the officer-in-charge position at the station. Inspector investigation was confused whether he should record the case or wait for me to come,’ said Iftekhar Hasan who took charge on the day.

He claimed that they filed the case at 6:30pm, and the time was also mentioned in the case statement.

The other high profile accused in the case include former jute and textile minister and Awami League presidium Jahangir Kabir Nanak, former state minister for information and broadcasting Mohammad A Arafat, former inspector general of police Choudhury Abdullah Al Mamun, and former Dhaka Metropalitan Police joint commissoner Biplab Kumar Sarkar.

The other case filed on Sunday night was in Gazipur in which Hasina and Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader, among 85 named individuals, were accused of killing carpenter Manju Mia, 43, during the mass protest in Gazipur on July 20. Besides, 500–700 unidentified people were also accused in the case.

Victim’s father, Insar Ali filed the case with the Gacha police, said station officer-in-charge Ziaul Islam.

The other accused in the case include former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, former lawmaker Tipu Munshi, Gazipur city Awami League president Azmat Ullah Khan, former acting mayor of Gazipur City Corporation Asadur Rahman, and central leaders of the Bangladesh Chhatra League, including its president Saddam Hossain.

According to the case statement, on July 20, Manju Mia joined the protest of Students Movement Against Discrimination on the road in front of Borobari Bazar near the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway. At the time some of the accused attacked the protesters with guns, sticks and iron rods, injuring 25 to 30 people, including Manju Mia.

He was then shot at about 1:15pm and rushed to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital and died on the way to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

New Age correspondent in Rajshahi, meanwhile, reported that 88 Awami League leaders and activists, including the party’s former lawmaker for Rajshahi-1 (Tanore-Godagari) constituency Omar Faruk Chowdhury, were accused in a case filed on the charges of vote rigging during the 11th national elections in 2018.

Bangladesh Nationalist Party activist Tahasen Ali filed the case against 22 named and 50–60 unnamed people on Sunday night, said Godagari police officer-in-charge Ataur Rahman.

According to the case statement, under the direction of Omar Faruk Chowdhury, the other accused forcibly took control of Lashkarhati Polling Centre and cast fake votes for ‘boat’ (Awami League electoral symbol) in broad daylight.

Meanwhile, another case was filed with the same Godagari police on Sunday night against 44 named and 500–600 unnamed Awami League leaders and activists with Omar Faruk Chowdhury named as the prime accused on the charges of attacking and opening fire on the students’ processions on August 5.​

 

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Inu arrested, ex-MP Golap on remand

Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-Jasod president and former information minister of Awami League government, Hasanul Haq Inu, was arrested on Monday at Uttara in Bangladesh capital Dhaka.

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Inu arrested, ex-MP Golap on remand
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The police produce former Awami League lawmaker Abdus Sobhan Miah Golap and journalist couple former Ekattor Television head of news Shakil Ahmed and chief reporter Farzana Rupa before a Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court on Monday. | Focus Bangla photo

Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-Jasod president and former information minister of Awami League government, Hasanul Haq Inu, was arrested on Monday at Uttara in Bangladesh capital Dhaka.

He was arrested in a murder case filed with New Market police station, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s additional deputy commissioner for media and public relations, Obaidur Rahman Shamim.

Abdur Rahman, brother-in-law of victim trader Abdul Wadud, filed the case with the New Market police station on August 21 against 130 people, including deposed prime minister and AL president Sheikh Hasina and AL general secretary Obaidul Quader and Hasanul Haq Inu.

Workers Party of Bangladesh president Rashed Khan Menon was arrested and placed on five-day remand in the same case.

Both leaders are close allies to the deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina while Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-Jasod and Workers’ Party of Bangladesh are the most active parties of AL-led political alliance.

Hasina resigned and fled to India on August 5 amid a student-led mass uprising.

Jasod in a press statement called on the interim government to ensure safety and security of its arrested president Hasanul Haq Inu in police custody.

The party also demanded producing him before the court without delay and ensuring scope for self-defence.

Meanwhile, a Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court on Monday placed Awami League publicity and publications secretary Abdus Sobhan Miah Golap on a seven-day remand and journalist couple Ekattor Television’s former head of news Shakil Ahmed and chief reporter Farzana Rupa on a five-day remand each in a murder case filed with the Adabor police station.

All of the three were remanded in a case in connection with the murder of garment worker Fazlul Karim.

On August 22, journalist couple Rupa and Shakil was placed on four-day remand in the same case.

Earlier on Sunday, police arrested Golap from West Nakhalpara in the capital at about 3:30pm on Sunday in a murder case filed with the Adabor police station.

Golap was the former AL lawmaker from Madaripur-3 constituency. He was also a special assistant to the deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

After the fall of Hasina, the then government ministers, AL leaders, civil administration and military officials were arrested and many of them are on the run to avoid arrests.

Sheikh Hasina’s private industry and investment adviser Salman F Rahman, former law minister Anisul Huq, former education minister Dipu Moni and former National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre director general Ziaul Ahsan were now facing the second round of remand.​

 

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Bank accounts of ex-PM’s press secretary Nayeemul, wife frozen

The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has blocked access to the bank accounts of journalist Nayeemul Islam Khan, who was press secretary to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and his wife. The financial intelligence unit of the central bank sent the directive to the banks and financi

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Bank accounts of ex-PM’s press secretary Nayeemul, wife frozen
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The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has blocked access to the bank accounts of journalist Nayeemul Islam Khan, who was press secretary to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and his wife.

The financial intelligence unit of the central bank sent the directive to the banks and financial institutions on Sunday, bdnews24.com reports.

According to the letter from the BFIU, all transactions from the accounts held by Nayeemul, his spouse, and their associated businesses will be suspended for the next 30 days under the Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012.

Any lockers under their names will also remain inaccessible during this period.​

 

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Hasina should be brought back home and tried: GM Quader to PTI

Jatiya Party Chariman Golam Mohammad Quader has suggested that former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina should be brought back to Bangladesh and put on trial. In an interview with India's PTI news agency, Quader, the former Bangladeshi minister made this statement. 76-year-old Quader, who was the Lead

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Hasina should be brought back home and tried: GM Quader to PTI
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Jatiya Party Chariman Golam Mohammad Quader has suggested that former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina should be brought back to Bangladesh and put on trial.

In an interview with India's PTI news agency, Quader, the former Bangladeshi minister made this statement.

76-year-old Quader, who was the Leader of the Opposition in the recently dissolved National Parliament of Bangladesh, made these remarks in the context of the widespread student protests against a controversial quota system in government jobs. The protests eventually escalated into an anti-government demonstrations, forcing Hasina to resign and flee to India. The National Parliament was dissolved the following day on August 6.

Quader emphasised that Sheikh Hasina should be extradited from India and tried in Bangladeshi courts for crimes committed during her tenure.

During the interview, the JaPa leader also rejected the claims from some quarters in Bangladesh blaming India for the flood situation, labeling such statements as "misleading." Quader criticised the misuse of anti-India sentiment to wrongly attribute natural disasters to New Delhi.

The veteran politician stated, ‘It is incorrect to blame India for the floods in Bangladesh. Such claims are misleading. How can one blame someone for a natural disaster? Water will naturally flow into lower areas. The real issue we are facing is the lack of water release from India’.

He suggested that India could have provided earlier warnings, allowing Bangladesh to better prepare for the floods.​

 

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চট্টগ্রামে হাছান মাহমুদ-এস আলমসহ ৪২০ জনের বিরুদ্ধে হত্যা মামলা

আদালত বাদীর আবেদন গ্রহণ করেছেন এবং রাঙ্গুনিয়া থানাকে এজাহার নথিভুক্ত করার আদেশ দিয়েছেন।

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চট্টগ্রামে হাছান মাহমুদ-এস আলমসহ ৪২০ জনের বিরুদ্ধে হত্যা মামলা
আদালত বাদীর আবেদন গ্রহণ করেছেন এবং রাঙ্গুনিয়া থানাকে এজাহার নথিভুক্ত করার আদেশ দিয়েছেন।

চট্টগ্রামে প্রধানমন্ত্রীর কার্যালয়ের সাবেক মুখ্য সচিব তোফাজ্জল হোসেন মিয়া, সাবেক পররাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী হাছান মাহমুদ, এস আলম গ্রুপের চেয়ারম্যান সাইফুল আলমসহ ৪২০ জনের বিরুদ্ধে হত্যা মামলা দায়ের হয়েছে।

উত্তর জেলা যুবদলের দপ্তর সম্পাদক নাজিম উদ্দিন বাদী হয়ে আজ মঙ্গলবার চট্টগ্রামের চিফ জুডিশিয়াল ম্যাজিস্ট্রেট কাজী শহীদুল ইসলামের আদালতে মামলাটি দায়ের করেন।

এজাহারে ২৭০ জনের নাম উল্লেখ এবং ১৫০ জন অজ্ঞাতনামা ব্যক্তিকে আসামি করা হয়েছে।

বাদীপক্ষের আইনজীবী ও চট্টগ্রাম জেলা আইনজীবী সমিতির সাধারণ সম্পাদক মো. আশরাফ হোসেন জানিয়েছেন, আদালত বাদীর আবেদন গ্রহণ করেছেন এবং রাঙ্গুনিয়া থানাকে এজাহার নথিভুক্ত করার আদেশ দিয়েছেন।

মামলার আসামিদের মধ্যে উল্লেখযোগ্য হলেন—সাবেক শিক্ষামন্ত্রী মহিবুল হাসান চৌধুরী নওফেল, চট্টগ্রাম সিটি করপোরেশনের সাবেক মেয়র আ জ ম নাছির উদ্দীন, সাবেক সংসদ সদস্য আবু রেজা নদভী, আবদুল মোতালেব, আবদুচ সালাম, ফজলে করিম চৌধুরী, কেন্দ্রীয় আওয়ামী লীগের দপ্তর সম্পাদক বিপ্লব বড়ুয়া, সদস্য আমিনুল ইসলাম, ভোরের কাগজ পত্রিকার সম্পাদক শ্যামল দত্ত ও এস আলম গ্রুপের চেয়ারম্যানের একান্ত সহকারী আকিজ উদ্দিন।

বাকিরা আসামিরা আওয়ামী লীগ ও এর অঙ্গ সংগঠনের নেতাকর্মী।

এজাহারে উল্লেখ করা হয়েছে, ২০১৭ সালের ৩০ ডিসেম্বর রাঙ্গুনিয়ার রাজানগর এলাকায় পাহাড় ধসে শিশুসহ তিনজনের মৃত্যু হয়। সাবেক পররাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী ও স্থানীয় সংসদ সদস্য ড. হাছান মাহমুদের নেতৃত্বে আসামিদের মালিকানাধীন ডেভেলপার্স কোম্পানি ওই এলাকার পাহাড় কেটে ফেলে।

এতে আরও উল্লেখ করা হয়, আসামিরা সিন্ডিকেট গড়ে তুলে পাহাড় কেটে চট্টগ্রামসহ বিভিন্ন স্থানে মাটি বিক্রি করে আসছিলেন। তবে ভয়ে সে সময় কেউ তাদের বিরুদ্ধে মুখ খুলতে সাহস পায়নি। অভিযুক্তদের নির্বিচারে পাহাড় কাটার ফলে ভূমিধসের ঘটনা ঘটলেও বন বিভাগ ও স্থানীয় প্রশাসন তাদের বিরুদ্ধে ব্যবস্থা নিতে পারেনি।​

 

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6 new murder cases against Hasina, aides

Six fresh cases — four for murders, one for abduction and one for arson attack — were filed against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her aides between Monday night and...

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6 new murder cases against Hasina, aides
Staff Correspondent 27 August, 2024, 20:21

Sheikh Hasina. | File photo.

Six fresh cases — four for murders, one for abduction and one for arson attack — were filed against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her aides between Monday night and Tuesday.

Hasina, also president of Awami league, is now facing a total of 73 cases after the fall of her government on August 5 amid a mass uprising led by students.

She is accused in 61 murder cases, seven cases over genocide and crimes against humanity, one case for shooting at students and public, two abduction cases, one case for arson attack and one case of attacking the motorcade of Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia.

Among the six new cases filed, four murder cases were filed with four separate Dhaka courts, and two cases of abduction and one case of arson attack were filed in Rajshahi.

Out of the four cases filed in Dhaka on Tuesday, one was filed against Hasina and 21 others for the killing of Mansur Miah, a machine operator of Buriganga Filling Station at Basila of Mohammadpur on July 19.

Victim’s brother Ainal Haque filed the case with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury.

Later, the court ordered Mohamamdpur Police Station to register the case as FIR.

The second case was filed against Hasina and 48 others for the death of Dulal alias Selim in the city’s Jatrabari area on August 3.

Victim’s brother Mostafa Kamal filed the case with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Saddam Hossain.

Other accused included former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, AL general secretary Obaidul Quader, former AL lawmakers Shamim Osman and Ramesh Chandra.

The magistrate asked the officer-in-charge of Jatrabari Police Station to register it as a First Information Report.

Quader, Asaduzzaman, former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, former detective branch chief Harun-or Rashid and others were among the accused.

The third case was filed against Hasina and 91 others for the death of Miraj Hossain at Sanarpar in the city’s Demra area on August 5.

Victim’s bother Khorshed Alam filed the case with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Belal Hossain.

The magistrate asked the officer-in-charge of Demra Police Station to register it as a FIR.

The fourth case was filed against 42 including Hasina for the death of 21-year-old Nahidul Islam at Mirpur 10 on July 19.

Victim’s brother Md Sabuj filed the case with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehedi Hasan.

The court ordered Mirpur police station to take it as FIR.

In Rajshahi, New Age correspondent reported that a case was filed against Hasina and her aides on Monday night in Rajshahi for allegedly abducting Chhatra Dal leader SM Salahuddin Ahmmed Shamim Sarkar on May 21, 2023.

Salahuddin, convener of Bagha upazila Chhatra Dal, filed the case against 54 including Hasina, said Bagha police station officer-in-charge Abu Siddque.

According to the case statement, under the direct instruction of Sheikh Hasina, the other accused forcibly picked up Salahuddin in front of the Bagha New Bus Stand on May 21, 2023.

Meanwhile, Chhatra Dal activist Jahid Hasan also filed another case with Bagha police station on Monday night accusing 141 including Hasina and other 100 to150 unnamed AL leaders and activists for vandalising and setting a grocery shop on fire at Kishorpur Bazar on August 25, said OC Abu Siddque.

In Rangpur, a case was filed against former lawmaker of Rangpur- 6 constituency, Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury, and 16 others over the killing of a gold shop worker, Muslim Uddin Milon during the anti-quota movement on July 19.

The victim’s wife Dilruba Akhter filed the case with Rangpur Metropolitan Kotwali Cognisance court on Tuesday noon, New Age correspondent in Rangpur reported.

The plaintiff lawyer, Mofazzal Hossain Bokul said that the gold shop worker, Milon was shot dead in a police firing during a protest in front of the city market during a clash between protesters and police and AL activists.

New Age correspondent in Jessore reported that a case was filed against six people including Anisur Rahman, former superintendent of Jessore police, for allegedly abducting Md Masum on August 3, 2015.

Kuddus Ali, maternal uncle of enforced disappearance victim Md Masum filed a case with the court of Golam Kibria, senior judicial magistrate on Tuesday.

Shikdar Akkas Ali, officer in-charge of Kotwali police station, sub-inspector Abu Ansar and constables Hafiz, Sayeed, and Hasnat were also accused in the case.

According to the case statement, Md Masum had been missing since he was picked by the police of Kotwali police station in 2015 while returning home from a rally of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.

The court asked the Kotwali police station to register the case.​

 

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Inu on remand, Menon face fresh remand

Two Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Courts on Tuesday placed Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-Jasod president and former information minister of the then Awami League government...

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Inu on remand, Menon face fresh remand​

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Staff Correspondent 27 August, 2024, 19:02

Police produce Workers Party of Bangladesh president and former minister Rashed Khan Menon and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-Jasod president and former information minister Hasanul Haq Inu before two Dhaka metropolitan magistrate courts in separate murder cases on Tuesday. | New Age photo

Two Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Courts on Tuesday placed Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-Jasod president and former information minister of the then Awami League government, Hasanul Haq Inu, on seven-day remand and Workers Party of Bangladesh president Rashed Khan Menon again on six-day remand.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Ali Haider passed the order as the police produced Inu before the court in a murder case filed with the New Market police station seeking 10-day remand, New Market police station general recording officer Mohammad Liakat Hossain confirmed the matter.

New Age court correspondent, meanwhile, reported that unruly mobs were seen throwing eggs at Inu on the court premises.

On Monday, Hasanul Haq Inu was arrested in the capital’s Uttara area and later taken to the detective branch of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police.

Abdur Rahman, brother-in-law of victim trader Abdul Wadud, filed the case with the New Market police station on August 21 against 130 people, including deposed prime minister and AL president Sheikh Hasina and AL general secretary Obaidul Quader and Hasanul Haq Inu.

Both Inu and Menon were close allies to deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina while Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-Jasod and Workers Party of Bangladesh were the most active partners of the AL-led political alliance.

Hasina resigned and fled to India on August 5 amid a student-led mass uprising.

A Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court on Tuesday, meanwhile, placed Workers Party of Bangladesh president Rashed Khan Menon again on six-day remand in a murder case filed with the Adabar police station.

Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Saifur Rahman passed the order as police sought ten-day remand on allegations of killing a garment worker Md Rubel in the capital’s Ring road area on August 5, Adabar police station inspector Mintu Chandra Bhowmick confirmed.

Earlier on August 23, Menon was placed on five-day remand in a murder case filed with the New Market police station on August 21.

Police claimed that they arrested Menon at a house in the capital’s Gulshan area on August 22.​