Staff Reporter:
A case has been filed against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and six others on murder charges in Mohammadpur police station yesterday under a court order.
The case was filed over the death of grocery shop owner Abu Sayeed in police firing.
The other accused are- Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, former inspector general of police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, former DB chief Harun ar rashid, former DMP commissioner Habibur Rahman and former DMP joint commissioner Biplob Kumar Sarker.
This is the first case filed against Sheikh Hasina after she resigned and left Bangladesh to India on Au-gust 5.
Amir Hamza Shatil, a resident of Mohammadpur, filed an application to lodge a murder case with the Court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury against Sheikh Hasina and others.
After scrutinizing the documents submitted before the court, the judge asked the officer-in-charge of Mohammadpur Police Station to register the complaint as a First Information Report (FIR).
According to the complaint, Shatil mentioned that Abu Sayeed was killed at 4 pm on July 19 when po-lice was shooting indiscriminately at students and common people during the quota reform protests.
