Staff Reporter :
A Dhaka court has directed Mohammadpur police station to accept a murder case against seven individuals, including former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, for their alleged involvement in the killing of grocery shop owner Abu Sayeed during the quota reform protests.
On Tuesday afternoon, Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury ordered the police to record a First Information Report (FIR) in the complaint register (CR) case.
The other accused in the case include former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, former Detective Branch (DB) chief Harun Or Rashid, former Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Habibur Rahman, and former DMP Joint Commissioner
Biplob Kumar Sarker. In addition, several unnamed high-ranking police and government officials have also been implicated.
The case was filed earlier by Amir Hamza Shatil, a resident of Mohammadpur, with the CMM court.
According to the complaint, students were participating in a peaceful procession in the Basila area of Mohammadpur on July 19 when police allegedly fired indiscriminately into the crowd. Abu Sayeed, a local grocer, was struck in the head by a bullet while crossing the road and died at the scene.
The complainant further alleged that former Prime Minister Hasina had repeatedly ordered a severe crackdown on the quota reform movement, which led to the tragic incident.