Hasina, Quader, Kamal sued in Ashulia student murder case

Published : Wednesday, 28 August, 2024 at 4:19 PM Count : 602

Sheikh Hasina (Left), Obaidul Quader (2nd Right), Asaduzzaman Khan (Right). File photos

A case has been filed against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 21 others in connection with the death of City University student Md Sajjad Hossain Sajal in Ashulia during the mass movement on August 5.

Sajal's elder brother Mijanur Rahman filed the complaint with Dhaka Senior Judicial Magistrate Mostafizur Rahman's court

Mizanur Rahman, brother of the victim, brother filed the case with the court of Dhaka Senior Judicial Magistrate Mostafizur Rahman.

The magistrate asked the officer-in-charge of Ashulia Police Station to register it as a first information report (FIR).

Other accused in the case are- former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, former road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader, former Awami League lawmaker Saiful Islam, former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, former DB chief Harun Or Rashid, former DMP commissioner Habibur Rahman and former DMP joint commissioner Biplab Kumar Sarker are among the accused.

According to the case statement, hundreds of students brought out a procession in Baipail area on August 5 in support of anti-discrimination student movement. Police with the aim to control the movement, fired on the procession and detained many students.

Sajal was arrested from the procession and subsequently killed by gunshot inside the police station.

Later, police put Sajal's body alongside the bodies of 7/8 more students into a leguna and set it on fire by pouring petrol on it.