Bangladesh court orders probe into former PM Hasina's role in grocer's death

13/8/2024 19:23

        A Bangladesh court ordered an investigation on Tuesday into former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's role in the death of a grocery shop owner in the
        capital Dhaka during last month's deadly student-led protests, the complainant's lawyer said.
        
        The case filed by Amir Hamza against Hasina and six others was accepted by Dhaka's chief metropolitan magistrate's court after a hearing, Hamza's lawyer Anwarul Islam said. Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury ordered police to investigate the case, Islam added.
        
        It was the first case filed against Hasina following a violent uprising that killed about 300 people, many of them college and university students. She fled to India on Aug. 5 and has been sheltering in New Delhi.
        
        The other accused in the case included Obaidul Quader, the general secretary of Hasina's Awami League party, former Interior Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and other senior police officials.