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Who made so many people accused, asks plaintiff

But the case has been filed against some people, who are apparently not involved with the incident. Even the plaintiff does not know how so many people have been accused in the case. Now he wants to rectify the case

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Who made so many people accused, asks plaintiff
Satyajit Ghosh
Shariatpur
Published: 20 Oct 2024, 21: 08

Deceased Al Amin’s mother Jiasmin Begum and sister Aflan Sinthia are crying by his grave at their village home in Dakkhin Mogor village in Naria upazila of Shariatpur on 19 October 2024 Satyajit Ghosh

Al Amin, 29, was shot to death during the movement of Students Against Discrimination (SAD) at Baipail in Savar of Dhaka on 5 August. His father, Ismail, filed a lawsuit against 154 at the metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on 9 October in this connection.

Several leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) from Shariatpur, Isamil’s home district, helped him in filing the case.

But the case has been filed against some people, who are apparently not involved with the incident. Even the plaintiff does not know how so many people have been accused in the case. Now he wants to rectify the case.

An expatriate to Saudi Arabia, Al Amin was the son of Ismail and Jiasmin Begum, from Dakkhin Mogor village in Naria upazila of Shariatpur. Upon returning home around four months ago, he started a grocery shop along with his father in the Baipail area. Ismail sustained bullet injuries after joining a procession to topple the government. Since then his family members did not know his whereabouts. Later on 17 August, they found his body at the morgue of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital and buried him at his village.

The case Al Amin’s father Ismail filed against 154 include former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former road transport minister Obaidul Quader, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, former deputy minister Enamul Haque Shamim, former MP Bahauddin Nasim, BM Mozammel Haque, Opu Ukil and so on.

Besides, the accused include former mayor and councillor of various pourashavas of Shariatpur, upazila parishad chairman and union parishad chairman and local Awami League leaders.

The accused list include US expatriate Abdus Salam, Shariatpur press club general secretary freedom fighter Abdus Samad Talukder, ailing physician Alamgir Mati, National Institute of CardioVascular Diseases (NICVD) physician Ashraful Haque and Naria upazila assistant cooperative officer Shahadat Hossain.

At least 15 of the accused are traders.

Following the filing of the case, judge Dilruba Afroze of the metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka ordered the Kafrul police station to inform the court by 21 October whether any general diary (GD), unnatural death (UD) case or any regular case was filed in connection with the death of Al Amin and whether the police are investigating the case.

Plaintiff Ismail claimed Naria upazila unit BNP president Dadan Munshi and a convict in a murder case, Babul Talukder, are behind the case.

Babul Talukder, who has been awarded life term imprisonment in a case filed over the murder of former public prosecutor of Shariatpur judge court Habibur Rahman and his brother Monir Hossain Munshi, is currently on the run.

In the case filed over the death of Al Amin, Habibur Rahman’s son Parvez Rahman and Mezbaur Rahman and Monir Hossain’s son Borhan Munshi have been accused.

Besides them, several accused who were acquitted from the case filed over the murder of two brothers from Shariatpur have also been accused.

Speaking to Prothom Alo, plaintiff Ismail said, “Several BNP leaders and a convict accused in a murder case in Shariatpur town communicated with me regarding the case. They called me with a proposal to help me. They said one thing and did the opposite. I did not realise they would use me to file cases against various people. My sign was taken through the lawyer to file the lawsuit. Now I’m caught in a cleft stick for that signature. I’m trying to rectify the case through legal ways.”

US expatriate Abdus Salam has been made accused in the case. He told Prothom Alo over phone, “I’ve come to the US in June. I was not even in the country when the incident took place. I have been made accused due to enmity. Now those people are asking money from my relatives to drop my name as an accused.”

Another accused, Shariatpur press club general secretary freedom fighter Abdus Samad Talukder told Prothom Alo, “A certain group attacked my house after the fall of the government. Those people have made me an accused in the case.”

Modern Herbal’s founding physician Alamgir Mati has been ailing for a long time and remains bedridden often.

His personal assistant told Prothom Alo, “Our sir is sick. He needs help from others even for walking. We are astonished that such a person has been made murder accused.”

Prothom Alo could not contact Babul Talukder as he has been hiding.

Naria upazila BNP president Dadan Munshi is currently in Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah Hajj.

Speaking to Prothom Alo over WhatsApp Sunday morning, he said, “Al Amin’s father phoned me seeking help to file a case. Since then I haven’t communicated with him.”

He claimed that he did not know who have been made accused in the case.

Visiting deceased Al Amin’s village home on Saturday morning, his mother Jiasmin Begum and sister Aflan Sinthia were found to be crying by his grave.

Jiasmin Begum lives with a son and a daughter in a house made of iron sheets. She told this correspondent she has been lamenting the loss of her son for the last two and a half months. Amid this she has been facing the tangles of the case.

She further said they do not want to run the case that way.

* The report has been rewritten in English by Shameem Reza​

 

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Boy who wanted to stand out

Nasib Hasan Riyan, the second of three children of Golam Razzak and Sammi Akter, had a constant drive to stand out, in clothes or in action. He had a dream of becoming a pilot.

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Boy who wanted to stand out
Kamrun Nahar Sumy 27 October, 2024, 00:17

Nasib Hasan Riyan

Nasib Hasan Riyan, the second of three children of Golam Razzak and Sammi Akter, had a constant drive to stand out, in clothes or in action. He had a dream of becoming a pilot.

Riyan’s liveliness used to panic others in the house as he would go on trips outside Dhaka without telling his parents anything. Yet, his maturity helped to ease family tension in disputes, his father said on October 25.

Three bullets hit the 17-year-old spirited boy in the face and the chest on August 5, when he went out for celebrations after the overthrow of the Awami League government that day.

Nasib, who took part in the protests seeking reforms in civil service job reservations, went to Ganabhaban, where the deposed prime minister lived, with his elder brother Nuhash Hasan Rafin and several of his friends.

The student protests, which began on July 1, escalated into a mass uprising later that month, ultimately toppling the Awami League government.

Back from Ganabhaban, they gathered on the Ring Road at Shyamali, at a short distance from Nasib’s house. A group of police personnel suddenly approached them in the afternoon, firing indiscriminately, said Saikat Francis Gomes, a resident of the area who was standing near by.

‘The police personnel raised their hands at one point when several people requested with them not to fire. A procession was approaching from the opposite direction,’ Saikat said.

‘We urged the marchers not to clash with the police. But when a child threw a stone at the police, they began firing again. Nasib fell down.’

A quarter of an hour later, when the police moved away, Saikat, Nasib’s brother who ran into an alley when the police fired, and several others carried Nasib to Alliance Hospital.

He was then taken to Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital where he was pronounced dead in the evening.

Eight to nine people were lying wounded on the ground, he said. Later that day, a mob beat to death two police personnel and a leader of the Chhatra League who were hiding in a nearby building, he added.

The police fired in self-defence when the station house was attacked, said a subinspector, who was transferred to the Adabar police on October 1, as he had heard.

Nasib’s father filed a complaint with the International Crimes Tribunal on August 29, accusing 52 people, including the deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, on charges of genocide.

The Directorate General of Health Services on September 24 said that after a preliminary investigation, it had listed 708 people having died in the protests and uprising.​

 

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Abu Sayeed killing: 2 teachers, 7 staff of BRU suspended

Begum Rokeya University authorities have suspended two teachers and seven staff members in connection with their alleged involvement in the death of Abu Sayeed, a student of the English department of the university who became one of the first as well as iconic martyrs of the Anti-Discrimination Stu

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Abu Sayeed killing: 2 teachers, 7 staff of BRU suspended
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Published :
Oct 28, 2024 20:09
Updated :
Oct 28, 2024 20:09

Begum Rokeya University authorities have suspended two teachers and seven staff members in connection with their alleged involvement in the death of Abu Sayeed, a student of the English department of the university who became one of the first as well as iconic martyrs of the Anti-Discrimination Students movement in July.

The decision was taken at the 108th Syndicate meeting held at the administrative building of the university on Monday morning with its vice-chancellor Prof. Md Shawkat Ali in the chair.

The meeting also took a number of decisions including stopping politics on the campus, reopening the activities of Chhatra Sangshad and forming a probe body over the allegation of irregularities in the teacher recruitment process of the university, reports UNB.

When briefing, Prof. Shawkat Ali said the authorities concerned have decided to impose a ban on all kinds of criminal activities including extortion, tender manipulation, seat trade in residential dormitories, illegal occupation of halls and tail-wagging politics in order to supervise and control the moral, academic discipline of the students.

As per the university law, no teachers and staff will be members of any political organisations, he said, adding “Action will be taken against those involved in such activities.”

Besides, the meeting decided to file a case against the teachers and staff of the university allegedly involved in the killing of Sayeed.

It also decided to not to accept the leave of those teachers and staff who were absent and a show-cause notice will be issued for their absence.​

 

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July uprising: Families of martyrs to get financial aid from today

The July Shaheed Smriti Foundation will start providing financial assistance from today to the families of those who were martyred or injured during the July uprising.

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July uprising: Families of martyrs to get financial aid from today

The July Shaheed Smriti Foundation will start providing financial assistance from today to the families of those who were martyred or injured during the July uprising.

Initially, the families of the deceased will get Tk 5 lakh each, while the injured will get Tk 1 lakh each.

Each week, 200 families will get the assistance, and the disbursement programme will be completed in four phases.

Sarjis Alam, general secretary of the foundation, shared the information at a press conference held at the foundation's office in Shahbagh yesterday.

Sarjis said the first disbursement of funds will take place at the DSCC city hall for the families from the Dhaka division. "Not all martyr families will come tomorrow [today]; those who will receive the assistance have already been contacted," he said.

"Other families will receive assistance in phases over the following weeks, and it is expected that all families will receive their aid by December," he added.

Sarjis also mentioned that after assisting the families from the Dhaka division, aid will be provided to families in other divisions.

The families of martyrs will be given a cheque, while the injured will be sent the money through BKash, he added.

However, if anyone requires urgent assistance, they can contact the helpline at 16000, and help will be provided within three days, he added.​

 

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Student injured in uprising dies in CMH

One more student hit by bullets during the student-led mass uprising died on Thursday while undergoing treatment at Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka...

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Student injured in uprising dies in CMH
Staff Correspondent 14 November, 2024, 19:45

Abdullah | BSS photo

One more student hit by bullets during the student-led mass uprising died on Thursday while undergoing treatment at Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka.

The victim is Abdullah, a student of Government Shahid Suhrawardy College, hailing from Benapole in Jashore.

Dhaka cantonment police station officer-in-charge Abdul Alim confirmed the news to New Age.

The body of the victim was sent to the Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital mortuary for autopsy, said the OC.

Mahin Sarker, a coordinator of the Student Movement Against Discrimination, said that Abdullah was shot in the head in Old Dhaka on August 5.

Abdullah was taken to Sir Salimullah Medical College Hospital and later to Dhaka Medical College Hospital. He returned home after a surgery at the DMCH, said Mahin.

He was again admitted to the DMCH with infection in the head. Abdullah went through another surgery but he was shifted to the CMH on August 22 as his condition did not improve.

His health condition improved initially at the CMH but he was put on life support after some days, said Mahin, adding that he was on life support till his last day.

The Directorate General of Health Services on September 24 came up with a preliminary list of 708 people who died in the student-led mass uprising that forced Sheikh Hasina to flee to India.

The health affairs sub-committee of the Student Movement Against Discrimination said on September 28 that it had listed 1,581 people as dead in the July-August mass uprising that forced the fall of the autocratic regime of Sheikh Hasina on August 5.​