A case of enforced disappearance was filed on Wednesday in opposition to ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and a number of other others, together with former cupboard ministers, on expenses of kidnapping a lawyer in 2015.
That is the second case filed in opposition to Hasina, 76, since she resigned and fled to India on August 5 following widespread protests in opposition to her and the Awami League-led authorities over a controversial job quota system.
The sufferer of the enforced disappearance, Supreme Court docket lawyer Sohel Rana, filed the petition within the case, The Every day Star newspaper reported.
Dhaka Metropolitan Court docket Justice of the Peace Farzana Shakila Sumu Chowdhury ordered the fees to be admitted as a case.
Different accused within the case embody senior ministers in Hasina’s cupboard, former residence minister Asaduzzaman Khan, former regulation minister Anisul Haq, former inspector common of police (IGP) Shahidul Haque, former Fast Motion Battalion (RAB) director common Benazir Ahmed and 25 unidentified RAB members.
“On February 10, 2015, I used to be stopped in Sector 5 of Uttara and compelled right into a car. As quickly as I used to be contained in the car, I used to be given electrical shocks on my ears and genitals, virtually rendering me unconscious,” Rana mentioned, based on the report.
“After enduring numerous types of brutal torture over time, I used to be lastly launched in August from Godagari, Rajshahi,” he mentioned.
A homicide case was filed in opposition to Hasina and 6 others on Tuesday over the loss of life of a grocery retailer proprietor throughout violent clashes final month that led to the downfall of her authorities.
Greater than 230 individuals have been killed in Bangladesh in nationwide violence that erupted after Hasina’s authorities fell on August 5, taking the loss of life toll to 560 since anti-quota protests started in mid-July.
An interim authorities was shaped after the collapse of the Hasina-led authorities, and her senior adviser, 84-year-old Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, introduced the portfolios of her 16-member council of advisers final week.
