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

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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.”​