The International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh has started an investigation against him. Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina He and nine others have been tried on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity during a mass movement of students against his government from July 15 to August 5.
A complaint was filed against Hasina with the investigation agency of Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal on Wednesday. Awami League General secretary and former Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and several other prominent party figures were present.
Complainant’s lawyer Gazi MH Tamim confirmed on Thursday that the tribunal has begun the investigation, the Dhaka Tribune newspaper reported.
He said that the investigating agency had started the investigation on Wednesday night.
The petition also names the Hasina-led Awami League and its affiliated organisations.
The petition was filed by Bulbul Kabir, father of Aarif Ahmed Siyam, a Class IX student who was murdered during the anti-discrimination student movement.
In his application, Kabir has accused Hasina and others of conspiring to carry out violent suppression of student protesters, resulting in massive casualties and violation of human rights.
The complaint came on a day the interim government said the killings between July 1 and August 5 would be tried by the International Crimes Tribunal.
Besides, a case of enforced disappearance was filed on Wednesday against Hasina and several others, including former ministers of her Cabinet, for allegedly kidnapping a lawyer in 2015.
On Tuesday, a murder case was registered against Hasina and six others in connection with the death of a grocery shop owner during violent clashes last month that led to the fall of her government.
Meanwhile, a Dhaka court on Thursday asked the police to submit by September 15 the investigation report in the case filed against Hasina and six others over the death of grocery shop owner Abu Sayeed in police firing in the capital’s Mohammadpur area during a reservation protest on July 19.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Zaki Al Farabi fixed the date for further action after the case was presented in his court.
Student-led protests The demand for improvement in reservation in government jobs turned into a movement to topple the government in early August.
More than 230 people were killed in Bangladesh in incidents of violence that broke out across the country following the fall of the Hasina government on August 5, taking the death toll during the three-week violence to 560.
After Hasina’s resignation, a caretaker government was formed under the leadership of the Nobel laureate. mohammad yunus A United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government was formed in the country, promising administrative and political reforms and holding accountable those involved in the violence.
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