An utility was filed in a Bangladeshi courtroom on Sunday (18 August 2024) to register a case in opposition to ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 33 others, accusing them of finishing up a “mass” homicide by indiscriminately firing at a 2013 rally organised by Hefazat-e-Islam in Dhaka.
“Babul Sardar Chakhari, chairman of the Bangladesh Folks’s Get together (BPP), filed an utility within the courtroom of Dhaka Metropolitan Justice of the Peace Zaki-Al-Farabi,” Dhaka Tribune The newspaper reported.
The petition accused them of “mass” homicide throughout the Shapla Chattar protest in Motijheel on Could 5, 2013. The courtroom recorded the petitioner’s assertion and mentioned it could challenge an order on the matter later.
With this, Hasina, 76, who resigned as prime minister and fled to India on August 5 after a mass rebellion, now faces 11 circumstances, together with eight for homicide, one for kidnapping and two for committing crimes in opposition to humanity and genocide in Bangladesh.
Greater than 230 individuals have been killed in Bangladesh in nationwide violence that erupted following the autumn of Hasina’s authorities, elevating the dying toll to greater than 600 since mass pupil protests in opposition to a controversial quota system in authorities jobs started in mid-July.
The Bangladesh Worldwide Crimes Tribunal on Wednesday (August 14, 2024) launched an investigation in opposition to the previous prime minister and 9 others on expenses of genocide and crimes in opposition to humanity that came about from July 15 to August 5 throughout the mass pupil motion in opposition to her authorities.
Following the autumn of the Hasina-led regime, an interim authorities was shaped and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, 84, was appointed as her chief adviser.
