A case has been filed against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and top leaders of Awami League including its general secretary Obaidul Quader and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal over the killing of a student in Rangpur during the student movement.
The case was filed with Rangpur Kotwali Cognisance Court by the victim's father Abdur Rahman on Sunday.
A total of 40 people including former ministers and members of Rangpur district and city Awami League, Shwechchhasebak League, Jubo League, and Chhatra League were accused in the case.
Besides, 300 unidentified individuals have been made accused in the case.
The accused include former law minister Anisul Huq, former foreign minister Hasan Mahmud, and former textiles and jute minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak.
Among others, Former DIG of Rangpur Range Abdul Baten, former commissioner of Rangpur Metropolitan Police Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Additional Police Commissioner of Rangpur Uttam Pal, ADC (Crime) Utpal Kumar Roy, ADC (DB) Nur Islam Patwary, Kotwali Police Station Officer-in-charge Montashir Billah, Rangpur Metropolitan Awami League Convener Delwar Hossain, Joint Conveners Abul Kashem, Rangpur District Awami League Convener Shadat Hossain Bakul, Joint Convener Majed Ali Babul, Rangpur District Bar Association President Abdul Malek, General Secretary Abdul Haque Pramanik, Rangpur metropolitan Awami League former President Safiur Rahman, and General Secretary Tushar Kanti Mandal have been named in the case.
Abdullah Al Tahir, a student of Bangladesh Institute of Glass and Ceramics, was shot dead on July 19 during a clash between students, police, and Awami League activists in front of the City Bazaar in Rangpur.
