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At least 17 artistes, including actress and former Awami League lawmaker for reserved seat Suborna Mustafa, and actresses Apu Biswas and Nipun Akter, have been named in a case of attempted murder committed during the July-August mass uprising in 2024.

The case was filed with a magistrate court in Dhaka by the victim, Emanul Haque, 35, against 283 people including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.


Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Nazmin Akter on Monday ordered Vatara police station officer-in-charge Mazharul Islam to record the case, court officials said. 

Vatara OC Mazharul Islam told ¶¶Òõ¾«Æ· that they received the court order on Tuesday.

‘We are recording the case,’ the OC added.

The other artistes accused in the case, include actresses Meher Afroz Shaon, Nusraat Faria, Ashna Habib Bhabna, Rokeya Prachi, Urmila Srabanti Kar, Tanveen Sweety, Jyotika Jyoti, Sohana Saba, Zakia Moon and actors Azizul Hakim, Jayed Khan and Saimon Sadik, according to the case statements.

The plaintiff Emanul Haque, 35, alleged that he sustained bullet injury on his right leg at the Pacca rasta area under Vatara police station in Dhaka and became unconscious on July 19 during the student movement against discrimination.