Bangladesh Student Protest: A murder case has been filed against Bangladesh’s ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and six others over the death of a grocery shop owner during last month’s violent clashes that led to the fall of her government, media reports said on Tuesday.
Over 230 people were killed in Bangladesh in the incidents of violence that erupted across the country following the fall of the Hasina government.
The case was filed by a well-wisher of the grocery store owner Abu Sayed, who was killed on July 19 in police firing during a procession in support of the quota reform movement in Mohammadpur, the Dhaka Tribune newspaper reported.
The other accused are Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, and former Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun, among others.
Besides, several unnamed high-ranking police officials and government officials were also accused in the case, according to the report.
Bangladesh interim government’s chief advisor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday visited a Hindu temple, Dhakeshwari National Temple in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka amid the attacks on the community in the neighbouring country.
“In our democratic aspirations, we should not be seen as Muslims, Hindus, or Buddhists, but as human beings. Our rights should be ensured. The root of all problems lies in the decay of institutional arrangements. That is why such issues arise. Institutional arrangements need to be fixed,” Yunus was quoted as saying.
Earlier on Monday, Bangladesh’s interim government’s foreign affairs advisor Mohamad Touhid Hossain said that former prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s extended stay in India will not harm bilateral relations and the country will strive to maintain strong ties with New Delhi.
“This is a hypothetical question. Why would staying in a country affect relations with that country? There is no reason for that,” he said, emphasising that bilateral relations are a significant matter.
Hasina, 76, fearing for safety amid widespread violence fled Dhaka in a military aircraft. She is currently in a secure location in India.
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