A case was filed today against 36 people including
ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina over the killing of Dhaka Times reporter
Mehedi Hasan while covering anti-discrimination student movement in capital’s
Jatrabari area.
The other prominent accused in the case are – Obaidul Quader, Asaduzzaman
Khan Kamal, Anisul Huq, Rashed Khan Menon, Hasanul Huq Inu, Chowdhury
Abdullah Al Mamun, Habibur Rahman, Harun-Ur Rashid and Biplab Kumar
Sarker.
Mehedi’s father Mosharraf Hossain filed the complaint with the court of Dhaka
Metropolitan Magistrate Shahin Reza. The court after recording statement of the
complainant, asked Jatrabari Police Station to file the matter as first information
report (FIR).
Mehedi was shot and killed near Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover in Kazla area of
Jatrabari on July 18 evening. He was on duty to cover the anti-discrimination
student movement in the area.
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha