Shawdesh Desk:

A case was filed against Bangladesh’s ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and six others on charge of killing grocery shop owner Abu Sayed in police firing in the capital’s Mohammadpur area on July 19.

Amir Hamza Shatil, a resident of Mohammadpur, filed the case with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury.

The other accused are — Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun, former DB chief Harunor Rashid, former DMP commissioner Habibur Rahman and former DMP joint commissioner Biplob Kumar Sarker.

This is the first case filed against Sheikh Hasina after she had resigned and fled to India on August 5.

Besides, several unnamed high police officials and government officials were also accused in the case.

The hearing for this case will be held on Tuesday afternoon.

According to the case, Abu Sayeed was killed at 4:00pm on July 19 when police was shooting indiscriminately at students and people during the quota protests.

Police opened fire on citizens at the directive of the IGP and home minister, it said.

The plaintiff was not close to the victim, but being a Bangladeshi citizen, he filed the case voluntarily.

The complaint also said that the victim’s family members live at Boda upazila in Panchagarh district and they were not capable of filing a case over the death of the victim.

On July 19, Abu Sayed was killed in police firing during a procession in support of the quota reform movement at Bosila.