Bangladesh Court Orders Probe in Murder Case Against Ex-PM Sheikh Hasina

- A court in Dhaka has opened a murder investigation into former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and six top figures in her administration over the police killing of a man during civil unrest last month. - The case was accepted after private citizen Amir Hamza filed a legal suit over the killing of grocer Abu Saeed, who was shot on July 19 during protests in the Mohammadpur area of Dhaka. - Hamza, not related to Saeed, approached the court voluntarily because the family lacked the finances to file the case, blaming Hasina for the police firing. - The court also named former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader, and four top police officers who have since vacated their posts. - This is the first case filed against Hasina following weeks of unrest that killed more than 300 people, with her government accused of widespread human rights abuses, including extrajudicial killings. Source: [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/13/bangladesh-court-orders-probe-in-murder-case-against-ex-pm-sheikh-hasina](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/13/bangladesh-court-orders-probe-in-murder-case-against-ex-pm-sheikh-hasina)