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Three more ICT cases filed against Hasina

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

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

Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. File photo

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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জাহাঙ্গীর কবির নানকের মোহাম্মদপুরের বাসায় তল্লাশি

সেনাবাহিনীর সদস্যদের সঙ্গে শিক্ষার্থীও উপস্থিত ছিলেন।

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

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

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

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

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

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

ছবি: শাহীন মোল্লা/স্টার

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

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

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

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

ছবি: সংগৃহীত

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

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

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

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

 

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Dozen more cases filed against ousted Bangladesh PM Hasina, aides

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

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

Sheikh Hasina | Collected photo

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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