A case has been filed against former president Abdul Hamid, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and 122 others for their alleged involvement in an attack on anti-discrimination students during the recent mass uprising in Kishoreganj.
Tohmul Islam Mazharul, 27, of Kishoreganj Sadar filed the case with Kishoreganj Sadar Model Police Station yesterday afternoon, said Abdullah Al Mamun, officer-in-charge of the police station.
Alongside the former president and prime minister, Sheikh Rehana, Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and daughter Saima Wazed Putul, Awami League’s General Secretary Obaidul Quader and several AL leaders have been named as accused.
Since the fall of the Awami League government on August 5 last year, approximately 50 political cases have been filed in the district, with 11 of these filed with the Kishoreganj Sadar Police Station, the OC said.
Around 4,000 named individuals and more than 10,000 unnamed persons have been made accused in the cases.
This is the first time Abdul Hamid has been named in such a case, listed as accused number three, following Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana.
The case statement alleged that the accused, both in the country and abroad, planned a mass killing to suppress the uprising sparked by Sheikh Hasina’s regime.
It is claimed that those accused in Kishoreganj supplied firearms, local weapons, and funds to suppress the protests and ordered the massacre.
The incident reportedly occurred on August 4 last year at noon when the plaintiff Tohmul and several others joined the student-led protest.
Tohmul, who identifies as a BNP worker, said that he was among those injured during the protest.
He cited delays in filing the case as he was preoccupied with medical treatment.
