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A new murder case has been filed against the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 407 others over the killing of a BNP activist.
The accused individuals, including former ministers, police officials, and media personalities, were also held responsible in connection with instigating mass killing during last year's July-August uprising.
The BNP activist, Mahfuzul Alam Shrabon, a resident of Sadar upazila in Naogaon, who used to live at Mirpur area in the city, was shot dead on August 5 last year when he participated in a rally brought out by the students and others at the area.
Mostafizur Rahman Bappi, brother of Shrabon, filed the case on April 20 this year with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's (CMM) Court in Dhaka. Later, the court ordered the Mirpur Police Station to record the complaint as an FIR.
Rajib Hossain, officer in charge (investigation) of the Mirpur Model Police Station, confirmed the case filing and said that they have filed the case complying with the court's instruction.
According to the case documents, physicians declared Sharbon dead when he was taken to a nearby hospital after being shot. Later, his relatives took the body to their village home and buried it without an autopsy. Nine months after, his elder brother filed the case.
Former ministers Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and Hasan Mahmud; Hasina's advisors Sajeeb Wazed Joy, Salman F Rahman, and Tarique Ahmed Siddique; former IGPs Javed Patwary, Benazir Ahmed, and AKM Shahidul Haque; actors Asaduzzaman Noor and Iresh Zaker; Morshed Alam and others have been made accused in the case.
The list also include former Bangladesh Bank governor Abdur Rouf Talukder, former deputy governor SK Sur Chowdhury, former executive director Shah Alam, former Anti-Corruption Commission chairman Iqbal Mahmood, journalists Naimul Islam Khan and Mozammel Babu, and others.
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