Bangladesh ‘mass’ murder case: Deposed PM Sheikh Hasina sued
The Hindu
Court application filed in Bangladesh accuses deposed PM Sheikh Hasina of 'mass' murder during 2013 rally.
An application was filed with a court in Bangladesh on Sunday (August 18, 2024) to register a case against deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 33 others, accusing them of carrying out a ‘mass’ murder by indiscriminately firing on a rally organised in 2013 by Hefazat-e-Islam, in Dhaka.
“Babul Sardar Chakhari, chairman of the Bangladesh People’s Party (BPP), applied to the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Zaki-Al-Farabi,” the Dhaka Tribune newspaper reported.
The application accused them of the ‘mass’ murder during the rally at Shapla Chattar in Motijheel on May 5, 2013. The court recorded the plaintiff's statement and said it would pass an order on the issue later.
With this, 76-year-old Hasina, who resigned from the Premiership and fled to India on August 5 following a mass uprising, now faces 11 cases, including eight for murder, one for abduction, and two for committing crimes against humanity and genocide, in Bangladesh.
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