Two more murder cases were filed against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and others on Thursday in Ashulia and Narsingdi.
Sheikh Hasina and 46 others were sued on Thursday for the death of a street hawker Md Shahabul Islam alias Shaon during the recent protests at Bypile of Ashulia on August 4.
Awami League General Secretary and former road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, former AL lawmakers Md Saiful Islam and Talukdar Mohammad Towhid Jung Murad, former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, former DB chief Harun Or Rashid and former DMP commissioner Habibur Rahman are among the accused in the case.
Advocate Hannan Bhuiyan filed the case against Sheikh Hasina and 46 others with the court of Dhaka Senior Juducial Magistrate Arifa Chowdhury Himel.
Upon the hearing, the magistrate recorded the statement of the complainant and asked the officer-in-charge of Ashulia Police Station to register it as the first information report (FIR).
In his complaint, the complainant said the victim was shot dead during the quota reform movement on the street at Bypile intersection of Ashulia at 2:30 pm on August 4.
Hasina, 80 others named in Narsingdi murder case
In Narsingdi, a case was lodged with the court of additional chief judicial magistrate in Narsingdi on Thursday mentioning names of 81 persons, including ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, former road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader, and former home minister Asaduzaman Khan Kamal, bringing five charges that include killing.
The case was filed in connection with the killing of a person named Azizul Mia in police firing on July 18 during the recent nationwide student protest that compelled the Sheikh Hasina government to step down. Azizul succumbed to his injuries on July 22 at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Name of 81 persons were mentioned in the case while the names of 400-500 others were not mentioned in the case.
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Nahid Miazi took the case into cognizance and ordered the Narsingdi Sadar Police Station to accept the case.
The other key accused of the case are: former police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun, DB chief Harun-or-Rashid, former Narsingdi Sadar lawmaker Lt Col (Retd) Nazrul Islam Hiru, district council chairman Moniruzzaman, Narsingdi district Awami League president GM Taleb Hossain and general secretary Peerjada Mohamad Ali.
A number of leaders of Narsingdi district Awami League and its associate bodies and former public representatives were also accused in the case.
