Another murder case has been filed against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 24 others for the death of 18-year-old garment worker Md Sohel Rana in the city’s Adabor area on 5 August.
Sohel’s brother Mohammad Ibrahim filed the case with the Court of Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sultan Sohag Uddin on Tuesday.
Former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, former DSCC Mayor Sheik Fazle Noor Taposh, former Awami League lawmakers Mainul Hossain Khan Nikhil, Jahangir Kabir Nanak and Sadek Khan, Bangladesh Chhatra League President Md Saddam Hossain, former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, former DB chief Harun Or Rashid, former DMP commissioner Habibur Rahman, former DMP joint commissioner Biplob Kumar Sarkar and Adabor Police Station OC Mahbub Rahman are among the accused.
Hasina, who resigned and fled to India amid a mass uprising on 5 August, has now been accused in 22 cases, including 18 for murder, one for abduction and three for committing crimes against humanity and genocide.