PBI to investigate murder case against 24 including Hasina, Quader

A Dhaka court on Wednesday ordered the Police Bureau of Investigation, PBI, to investigate a murder case filed against 24 people, including ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader.

The victim’s wife filed the case before the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Afnan Sumi this morning.

The court recorded the plaintiff’s statement and ordered the PBI to investigate the case.

Former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, Awami League leaders Kamruzzaman Polash and ABM Siddique have been named ,among others, in the case.

According to the case statement, one Amir Hossain was shot dead in front of BTV Bhaban in Dhaka's Rampura area on July 19 as police and miscreants opened fired on the students and commoners by the directives of the accused.

Source: BSS