Murder Investigation Opened Into Ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister

Published on August 13, 2024

A Dhaka court has ordered an investigation into ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her alleged role in the death of a grocery shop owner during last month’s deadly student-led protests in the city. The case filed by businessman Amir Hamza against Hasina and six others was accepted by Dhaka’s chief metropolitan magistrate’s court following a hearing on Aug. 13, according to Hamza’s lawyer Anwarul Islam. Hamza alleged that grocer Abu Saeed was killed on July 19 at around 4 p.m. when he was hit by a bullet while crossing the street as police fired on student protesters and demonstrators against quotas in government jobs in the Mohammadpur area of Dhaka....

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