Murder case filed against Hasina, 100 others in Bogura

August 16, 2024

General Secretary of Awami League Obaidul Quader welcomes Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as she returned home from Bangkok wrapping up her six-day official visit to Thailand on Monday.

NN Online Report:

A murder case has been filed here against 101 persons, including Awami League (AL) president and former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former minister Obaidul Quader for killing a teacher during the anti-discrimination student movement.

Sekandar Ali, father of deceased Selim Hossain (35), of village Palikanda of Pirob union under Sibganj upazila of Bogura district, filed the case with Bogura Sadar Police station today (Friday).

The case mentioned that the murder took place at the order of Sheikh Hasina and Obaidul Quader and other accused in the case who include two former Awami League lawmakers, five upazila chairmen, two mayors, eight councilors of Bogura municipality, 10 union parishad chairmen and 25 representatives.

Apart from this, the case also included 350 more unidentified persons.

The other accused of the cases are president of Bogura district Awami League (AL) and former lawmaker of Bogura-5 constituency Majibur Rahman, district AL general secretary and former lawmaker of Bogura-6 constituency Ragibul Ahsan, district AL vice president T Zaman Niketa, joint secretaries Manjurul Alam, Sagar Kumar Roy, AKM Asadur Rahman, organizing secretary Shahadat Alam, Bogura City AL president Rafi Newaz Khan, general secretary Obaidul Hasan, Bogura district Jubo League president Subashish Poddar, general secretary Aminul Islam, Bogura district Swechasebak League president Sajedur Rahman, general secretary Julfiqar Rahman, district Chattra League president Swajib Saha, general secretary Al Mahidul Islam, two former district Chattra League president Al Raji Jewel and Naimur Razzaque, two former general secretaries Mashrafi Hero and Ashim Kumar Roy, former city AL’s organizing secretary Abdul Mannan Akand, Bogura Chembers of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) president district AL’s treasurer Masudur Rahman, BCCI’s vice president and Sadar upazila AL’s general secretary Mafuzul Islam and Sadar Upazila AL’s president Abu Sufiyan.

According to the FIR of the case, a group of seven AL leaders, including two former AL MPs, on August 4 attacked the protesters on the Satmatha road at Bogura city around 3pm. The attackers hurled cocktails and petrol bombs which injured assistant teacher of Moon Light High School of Kahalu Upazila.

Later, the attackers also hacked him to death with sharp weapons.