A case was filed against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for threatening Chief Adviser of the interim government Dr Muhammad Yunus and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at a Chattogram court on Sunday (September 15).
Sourav Priya Pal, former vice president of Chattogram City Chhatra Dal, filed the case before the court of Chattogram Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Deb as ex-prime minister threatened them to be thrown from Padma Bridge and dipped into the river, reports BSS.
Plaintiff's lawyer Advocate Rezaul Islam,said the court took cognizance of the case and ordered the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to probe the charges .
The court directed to submit a report within thirty days after investigating the case by an Additional Superintendent of Police or an officer equivalent to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police.
Plaintiff Sourav Priya Pal said Sheikh Hasina had publicly threatened them to be thrown and dipped into the water of Padma River and instigated the terrorists of her party to kill Begum Zia.
The then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a speech on the inauguration of the Padma Bridge on May 18, 2022 had said that BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia should be 'thrown' from the bridge.
In the same speech, she also said Yunus should be dipped into water of the Padma river.
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