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Another case was filed on Monday against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 78 others for allegedly attempting to murder transport worker Sohel in Khilgaon area in Dhaka during the anti-discrimination student movement.

The victim filed the complaint with the court of Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Md Saiful Islam.


The court, after recording statement of the complainant, asked Khilgaon police station officer in-charge to file the matter as first information report.

The other prominent accused in the case are Obaidul Quader, Asaduzzaman Khan, Salman F Rahman, Golam Dastagir Gazi, Shamim Osman, Saber Hossain Chowdhury and Harun Ur Rashid.

According to the case documents, Sohel joined the movement in front of Khilgaon Pallima School at about 5.30pm on August 4. As the procession tried to go towards Khilgaon police station, Awami League goons and police started firing indiscriminately, lobbing sound grenades on protesters. At that time, Sohel got shot on his chest and forehead.