BSS
  15 Aug 2024, 17:14

CNG driver Sahabuddin murder: 11 including Hasina sued

DHAKA, Aug 15, 2024 (BSS) - A case has been filed against 11 including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina on charges of killing CNG driver Sahabuddin in city's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area on August 5.

The other accused are: former road, transport and bridges minister and AL general secretary Obaidul Quader, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, former law minister Anisul Huq, ousted prime minister's adviser Salman F Rahman, former foreign minister Hasan Mahmud, former state minister for information and broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat, 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.

Victim's father Abul Kalam filed an application to file a murder case with the Court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Farah Diba Sonda against Sheikh Hasina and 10 others today.

After scrutinizing the documents submitted before the court, the judge asked the officer-in-charge of Sher-e Bangla Nagar Police Station to register the complaint as a First Information Report (FIR).

According to the case, the victim was shot dead around 7.15pm on August 5 by some unidentified members of the police as he went out to buy food for his family.

This is the fifth murder case lodged against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina Since she resigned and fled the country for India.