Many former ministers and key police officials blamed for the mass killings during the student-people mass uprising remain traceless while many top Awami League leaders have been named in genocide and murder cases since the fall of the AL government.
Awami League president and ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India after resignation on August 5, is facing 94 cases, including eight on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity and 78 murder cases.聽
Most of the top AL leaders and former ministers, including AL general secretary Obaidul Quader, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, former foreign minister Hasan Mahmud, former textile and jute minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak and former state minister for information Mohammad A Arafat remain traceless.
Many key police officials blamed for killings or giving orders for killings, including former Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Md Habibur Rahman, former DMP detective branch chief Harun Or Rashid and former DMP joint commissioner Biplab Kumar Sarkar are in hiding and have been named in murder cases.
Former inspectors general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun and AKM Shahidul Haque were placed on eight-day and seven-day remand respectively on Wednesday in two murder cases.
Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Akteruzzaman鈥檚 court on the day remanded Dhaka district additional superintendent police Abdullahhil Kafi in police custody in an abduction and extortion case filed with the Hazaribagh police station.
He was also allegedly involved in killing and burning bodies at Ashulia, on the outskirts of Dhaka.
The Anti-Corruption Commission has also initiated inquiries into corruption allegations against many of the former ministers, lawmakers and government officials following the fall of the AL regime.聽
Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 close aides, including former law minister Anisul Huq, former deputy speaker Shamsul Haque Tuku, her private industry and investment adviser Salman F Rahman, former education minister Dipu Moni, former commerce minister Tipu Munshi, former state minister for posts, telecommunications and information technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak and deputy minister for youths and sports Arif Khan Joy have already been arrested.
Besides, AL-led alliance leaders Workers Party of Bangladesh president and former minister Rashed Khan Menon and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal鈥揓asod president and former information minister Hasanul Haque Inu have been facing remands.
Against the backdrop, the Awami League has gone off the scene with most of its leaders and activists at all levels are believed to be in hiding or avoiding public appearances.
AL joint secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim told 抖阴精品 on Tuesday over phone, 鈥榃e have sent a message to all AL leaders and activists across the country to stay safe and clam. It is the time to remain safe. We have no plan to take to streets at this moment and we are observing the situation.鈥�
He alleged that houses and businesses of many leaders, activists and supporters were looted, vandalised and set on fire.
He said, 鈥楾he Awami League is not a banned political party. We will not say that we are above criticism and we have some mistakes. We are trying to work for the welfare of the people.鈥�
He alleged that that no human rights were applicable for AL people now.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in a preliminary report released on August 16, said that about 650 people were killed during the student protests between July 16 and August 11.
According to the UN body, nearly 400 deaths were reported from July 16 to August 4 while about 250 people were killed in a new wave of protests in August 5鈥�6.
Before the fall of Hasina regime, most of the killings were taken place by police and other law enforcement agencies in indiscriminate firing.
The Police Headquarters made no response to queries, made in person and by text messages, whether there were any move to arrests former ministers and finding out and traceless police officials.
The Criminal Investigation Department had started investigation into money laundering allegations against oligarchs, including S Alam Group chairman Mohammed Saiful Alam, his wife and two sons and Salman F Rahman.
Allegations have it that S Alam and the family allegedly laundered Tk聽1,13,245 crore and Salman F Rahman allegedly laundered Tk 33,470 crore after taking loans from different banks, including state owned four banks Sonali, Agrani, Janata and Rupali banks.
Former military officer Ziaul Ahsan and former chairman of the Chittagong Port Authority retired Rear Admiral Mohammad Sohail, who were allegedly involved in enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings of people during the AL regime, are also facing remands.
Court issued an international travel ban on 60 former ministers, state ministers, lawmakers, bureaucrats, police officials and businesspeople, who were facing allegations of amassing illegal wealth and money laundering.
The list includes Hasan Mahmud, former expatriates鈥� welfare minister Imran Ahmed, former commerce minister Tipu Munshi, former law minister聽 Anisul Huq, former local government minister Tazul Islam, former religious affairs minister Faridul Haque Khan, former textiles and jute minister Golam Dastgir Gazi, former environment minister Anwar Hossain Manju and Hasanul Haque Inu.