At least ten more murder cases were filed against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her aides between Thursday night and Friday evening, taking the number of cases filed against her to 56 after the fall of her government on August 5 amid a mass uprising led by students.
Apart of Hasina and other high profile leaders of the Awami League, the much talked about businessman during its regime S Alam Group chairman Mohammad Saiful Alam, along with his two sons Ahsanul Alam and Ashraful Alam, were accused in a case in connection with the murder of garment worker Md Rubel in the capital.
Former Awami League lawmaker for Dhaka-10 constituency actor Ferdous Ahmed along with former Awami League lawmaker for Magura-1 constituency cricketer Shakib Al Hasan were also accused in the case filed with the Adabor police on Thursday night.
An Adabor police official told 抖阴精品 on Friday morning that the case was filed against 156 individuals, including ousted prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina, and former road transport and bridges minister and party general secretary Obaidul Quader, at about 10:30pm on Thursday.
Besides, 500 unidentified people were also accused in the case.
According to the case statement, Rubel, a garments factory worker, joined the protest in the city鈥檚 Ring Road area on August 5, the day Hasina resigned and fled to India amid the mass uprising.
Rubel was shot and rushed to a hospital where he died while undergoing treatment on August 7.
Seven murder cases were filed on Thursday night and three until Friday evening.
Hasina is accused in 46 murder cases, seven cases of genocide and crimes against humanity, one case of shooting at students and mobs, one case of abduction, and one case of attacking the motorcade of Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia.
Of the ten murder cases, one has been filed against 125 people, including Sheikh Hasina, in the early hours of Friday with the Gachha police in Gazipur over killing of hawker Arif Bepari, 28, on July 20 during the student movement in Kalemeshar area under the police station.
The prominent accused in this case include Obaidul Quader, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, former liberation war affairs minister AKM Mozammel Haque, and former state minister for youth and sports Zahid Ahsan Rasel.聽
Around 350 unidentified Awami League leaders have also been accused in the case, 抖阴精品 correspondent in Gazipur confirmed, quoting Gachha police officer-in-charge Ziaul Islam.
Another case was filed against Hasina and 126 others on Friday in the killing of Dhaka Commerce College student Abdul Ahad Shaikat.
Victim鈥檚 father Nazrul Islam filed the case with the聽 Savar model police, United News of Bangladesh reported.
The others in the case include former road transport and bridge minister Obaidul Quader, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, former state minister for information and broadcasting Mohammad A Arafat, and former disaster management and relief state minister Enamur Rahman.
According to the case details, these individuals, along with others, ordered Awami League and associate bodies Bangladesh Chhatra League and Juba league members to carry out the attack.
Shaikat participated in a protest on August 5 when he was brutally beaten and shot on Mukti Road in Savar. He was declared dead upon arrival in hospital.
In Narayanganj on Friday, Billal Hossein filed a case with the Siddhirganj police against 300 people, including Hasina and Obaidul Quader, over the death of housewife Sumaiya Akhter on July 20.
According to the case statement, Sumaiya was shot in the head while she went out in the balcony to see a helicopter on July 20.
Zakiullah Bahar filed a case with the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court against Hasina and 32 over the death of 12-grader Abdullah Bin Jahid in the Airport area on August 5.
Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Mainul Islam directed the Airport police to register the complaint as a First Information Report, said Airport police officer-in-charge Ershad Ahmed.
鈥榃e will record the case today,鈥� Ershad told 抖阴精品 on Friday.
Rabiul Khan Hillol, a resident of Mohammadpur, filed a case with the court of Dhaka metropolitan magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury against Hasina and 67 others over the killing of Shahriar Hossain Rokon, 23, in the city鈥檚 Mohammadpur on July 19.
The magistrate also asked the Mohammadpur police to register it as a First Information Report.
Mohammadpur police inspector (investigation) Md Tofazzal Hossain on Friday said that they were yet to receive the court copy for recording the case.
In Bogura, a case was filed against Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana, son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, daughter Saima Wazed Putul, and 76 others over the abduction and killing of union level Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Shah Alam Sujan in the district鈥檚 Shibganj upazila in 2018.
Advocate Abdul Wahab, also general secretary of upazila unit Bangladesh Nationalist Party, filed the case with a Bogura court which directed the Shibganj police to register it as a First Information Report, Bogura district superintendent of police Zakir Hasan confirmed.
In Narayanganj, Abu Hanif filed a case with the Sonargaan police against Hasina and 155 others on Thursday over the killing of his cousin Shafiq Mia on August 4.
In the same district on Thursday, another case was filed with the Araihazar police against 131, including Hasina, Obaidul Quader and former lawmaker for Narayanganj-4 constituency Shamim Osman, over the death of Duptara union Bangladesh Nationalist Party vice president Md Babul Mia.
The party鈥檚 Duptara union general secretary Nurul Amin filed the case, said Araihazar police officer-in-charge Mohammad Ahsan Ullah.
According to the case statement, Babul Mia was killed by unidentified individuals in the Tatipara area while returning home from a protest programme on August 4.
Another 150 unidentified people were also accused in the case.
In Fatullah of the district, a case was filed on Thursday with the Fatullah police against 179 people, including Hasina and Quader, over the killing of 23-year-old Parvez on July 19.
Sohrab Mia, father of victim Parvez, filed the case, said its officer-in-charge Nur-e-Azam.