Two more murder cases were filed against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her aides on Sunday night in Dhaka and Gazipur, taking the number of cases filed against her to 67 after the fall of her government on August 5 amid a mass uprising led by students.
Hasina is accused in 57 murder cases, seven cases of genocide and crimes against humanity, one case of shooting at students and public, one case of abduction, and one case of attacking the motorcade of Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia.
Of the two new murder cases, one was filed in Dhaka against 13 people, including Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday night with the Mohammadpur police for killing Mahmudur Rahaman Saikat on July 19.
The victim鈥檚 father Mahabubur Rahamn filed the case after waiting at the police station more than eight hours.
Sharina Afroz Supti, the victim鈥檚 elder sister told 抖阴精品 that they had to wait for more than eight hours to lodge the case as the police showed disinterest to record it.
鈥榃e have succeeded in filing the case at about 11:30pm finally while we went there about 3:00pm,鈥� she said.
Asked about the delay in recording the case, Mohammadpur police officer-in-charge Iftekhar Hasan said that he took the charge on the day.
鈥楩iling the case was delayed due to the vacuum in the officer-in-charge position at the station. Inspector investigation was confused whether he should record the case or wait for me to come,鈥� said Iftekhar Hasan who took charge on the day.
He claimed that they filed the case at 6:30pm, and the time was also mentioned in the case statement.
The other high profile accused in the case include former jute and textile minister and Awami League presidium Jahangir Kabir Nanak, former state minister for information and broadcasting Mohammad A Arafat, former inspector general of police Choudhury Abdullah Al Mamun, and former Dhaka Metropalitan Police joint commissoner Biplab Kumar Sarkar.
The other case filed on Sunday night was in Gazipur in which Hasina and Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader, among 85 named individuals, were accused of killing carpenter Manju Mia, 43, during the mass protest in Gazipur on July 20. Besides, 500鈥�700 unidentified people were also accused in the case.
Victim鈥檚 father, Insar Ali filed the case with the Gacha police, said station officer-in-charge Ziaul Islam.
The other accused in the case include former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, former lawmaker Tipu Munshi, Gazipur city Awami League president Azmat Ullah Khan, former acting mayor of Gazipur City Corporation Asadur Rahman, and central leaders of the Bangladesh Chhatra League, including its president Saddam Hossain.
According to the case statement, on July 20, Manju Mia joined the protest of Students Movement Against Discrimination on the road in front of Borobari Bazar near the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway. At the time some of the accused attacked the protesters with guns, sticks and iron rods, injuring 25 to 30 people, including Manju Mia.
He was then shot at about 1:15pm and rushed to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital and died on the way to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
抖阴精品 correspondent in Rajshahi, meanwhile, reported that 88 Awami League leaders and activists, including the party鈥檚 former lawmaker for Rajshahi-1 (Tanore-Godagari) constituency Omar Faruk Chowdhury, were accused in a case filed on the charges of vote rigging during the 11th national elections in 2018.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party activist Tahasen Ali filed the case against 22 named and 50鈥�60 unnamed people on Sunday night, said Godagari police officer-in-charge Ataur Rahman.
According to the case statement, under the direction of Omar Faruk Chowdhury, the other accused forcibly took control of Lashkarhati Polling Centre and cast fake votes for 鈥榖oat鈥� (Awami League electoral symbol) in broad daylight.
Meanwhile, another case was filed with the same Godagari police on Sunday night against 44 named and 500鈥�600 unnamed Awami League leaders and activists with Omar Faruk Chowdhury named as the prime accused on the charges of attacking and opening fire on the students鈥� processions on August 5.
