Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury. Archive | Picture credit score: The Hindu
Former Bangladeshi President Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury and former Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi have been arrested for the homicide of a goldsmith throughout the current protests over quota reform that led to the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina-led authorities, media reported on Thursday (August 29, 2024).
Mr. Munshi (74) was arrested by Speedy Motion Battalion in Gulshan, Dhaka on Wednesday night time (28 August 2024) within the homicide case filed in Rangpur, the Dhaka Tribune The newspaper reported.
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The case was filed towards 17 individuals, together with Mr Munshi and former Parliament Speaker Chaudhury, for the homicide of Muslim Uddin Milon, a 38-year-old goldsmith. As well as, quite a few unnamed individuals had been accused within the case.
Ms Chaudhury (46) was the primary feminine president of the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh from April 2013 to August 2024.
Milon was shot lifeless on July 19 in Rangpur throughout the student-led motion towards a controversial quota system in authorities jobs, which later escalated right into a mass rebellion that toppled the 76-year-old Hasina’s Awami League authorities on August 5, in line with The every day star newspaper.
Based on the assertion of the case, when a conflict broke out between college students and Awami League activists throughout a protest within the Metropolis Bazaar space, the police opened hearth indiscriminately on the orders of the accused.
“Milon was hit by a bullet at the moment and brought to Rangpur Medical School and Hospital, the place he was declared introduced lifeless,” the report stated.
Greater than 230 individuals have been killed in violence that erupted throughout the nation following the autumn of the Hasina-led authorities, taking the demise toll to greater than 600 for the reason that mass pupil protest started in mid-July.
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Many senior Awami League leaders, lawmakers and former ministers went into hiding after the autumn of the Hasina-led authorities. Munshi had additionally been in hiding since August 5, in line with the main Bengali-language newspaper. Prothom Alo.
Based on the report, he turned Commerce Minister throughout the third consecutive time period of the Awami League authorities headed by Hasina. Hasina, who fled to India on August 5, faces at the least 75 instances, together with homicide prices, towards her.
