Hasina, Rehana, 69 others sued over killing of garment worker

Ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her younger sister Sheikh Rehana and 69 others have been accused in a case over the killing of garment worker Md Fazlu during the anti-discrimination student movement in the capital’s Mirpur-14 area on 5 August.

On Monday, Suraiya, wife of the deceased, filed the murder case with the Court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Saiful Islam.

After holding a hearing, the magistrate asked the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) to conduct an investigation and submit a probe report.

According to the complaint, Fazlu was shot at in front of the police lines at Mirpur-14 at about 10am on 5 August. Later, he was rushed to Max Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared him dead.

Former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and former state minister for industries Kamal Ahmed Majumder, among others, have been made accused in the case.

Yesterday, two more cases were filed against Hasina and several others over the deaths of 14-year-old madrasa student Ahmed Abdullah at Jatrabari on July 18 and 12-year-old Rakib Hasan at Mohammadpur on July 19.

Sheikh Hasina is now facing 194 cases, including 173 for murders, 11 for crimes against humanity and genocide, three for abduction, six for attempted murder, and one for an attack on a BNP procession.