A case was filed on Sunday against Sheikh Hasina and 33 others on charges of mass-killing at the rally of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh in Motijheel Shapla Chattar area on May 5, 2013.
Bangladesh Peoples Party chairman Babul Sardar Chakhari filed the case with Dhaka chief Metropolitan Magistrate court.
Metropolitan Magistrate Zaki-al Farabi accepted the case and directed the officer-in-charge of Motijheel police station to investigate the matter and submit a report to the court.
The other accused include former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, former prime minister’s adviser Salman F Rahman, former PM’s defense adviser Tarique Ahmed Siddiqui, former Dhaka South City Corporation mayor Fazle Noor Taposh, former lawmakers Rashed Khan Menon and Hasanul Haque Inu, Awami League joint secretary general Mahbubul Alam Hanif, former Textiles minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak, former Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed and IGP Hasan Mahabub Khandkar, former RAB chief AKM Shahidul Haque, former NSI chief Ziaul Ahsan, former police DC of Motijheel Division Biplab Kumar Sarker, former Motijheel Police Station OC Omar Faruk, former ward councilor Munsur Ahmed, the then Motijheel Chhatra League president Mahabubul Haque Hiron, Awami League leader Mumtaz Parveen, former Motijheel OC Farman Ali, National People’s Party chairman Salahuddin Salu, former Motijheel DC Nazmul Alam, retired Director of Hamdard Group Major Iqbal.
According to the case statement, the leaders and activists of Hefazat-e Islam Bangladesh gathered at the Motijheel Shapla Chattar on May 5, 2013, to press 13-point demand, protesting at the defamation of Islam and Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) by some bloggers.
Within the next 24 hour from 11:00pm on the day, the police and army members, in connivance with the accused, massacred the rally, it said.
They also took away the bodies in some city-corporation vehicles and buried them secretly at unknown locations, said the statement.
It also mentioned that during the massacre, many madrassah students were murdered and abducted.
When victims’ parents went to the police stations to file cases or General Diary, the authorities did not take any case in this regard.
On the fateful night, government forces swooped on thousands of members of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, the Qawmi madrassah-based organisation, at Shapla Chattar.
Hefazat demanded stronger Islamic policies, including stringent punishment for ‘atheist bloggers.’
New Age
