DHAKA, Sept 11, 2024 (BSS) – Separate cases have been filed against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina over the killing of  autorickshaw driver Salam Babu and Selim Ali Sheikh in capital’s Uttara and Mirpur areas respectively during the recent anti-discrimination student movement.

Tofazzal Hossain, father of autorickshaw driver Salam Babu, filed a complaint against 46 people, including Hasina, with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Farzana Shakila Sumu Chowdhury. The court, after recording statement of the complainant, asked Uttara East Police Station to file the matter as first information report (FIR).

One Mamun filed the other compliant against 25, including Sheikh Hasina, with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mehedi Hasan over the killing of Selim Ali Sheikh in Mirpur area. The court recorded the statement of the complainant and asked Mirpur Model Police Station to file the matter as FIR.

Of the two victims, autorickshaw driver Salam Babu was killed in Uttara House Building area on July 22, while Selim Ali Sheikh on July 19 in Mirpur-10 area.