Two separate cases were filed today against
former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former road transport and bridges
minister Obaidul Quader and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal over
the killings of one Liton Hasan Lalu alias Hasan in the capital’s Mirpur area
and one Tarik Hossain in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area during the recent anti-
discrimination students’ movement.
Among the cases, Liton Hasan’s brother Milon filed a case against 148
including the former prime minister with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan
Magistrate Mehedi Hasan.
The other prominent accused in the case are former home minister Asaduzzaman
Khan Kamal, former members of parliament Mainul Hossain Nikhil, Ilias Mollah,
Kamal Ahmed Mazumder, former inspector general of police (IGP) Abdullah Al
Mamun, former DMP commissioner Habibur Rahman, former DIG Harun-Ur Rashid,
and former additional joint commissioner Biplob Kumar Sarker.
Meanwhile, victim Tarik Hossain’s mother Fidushi Khatun filed the other case
against 13 includi
ng former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former road
transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader and former home minister
Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, former foreign minister Hasan Mahmud and state
minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat.
According to the case documents, victim Hasan joined a peaceful procession in
Mirpur area on August 4 as part of anti-discrimination students’ movement. At
around 2pm, men of then ruling party started firing at the procession
indiscriminately, injuring Hasan. Later, he succumbed to his injuries at
Agargaon Neuroscience Hospital.
Tarik was shot by unidentified miscreants in front of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar
Police Station on August 5 and succumbed to his injuries on August 9 at
Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital.
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha