A case has been lodged against 25 individuals, including Sheikh Hasina, in connection with the shooting death of garment worker Sohel Rana.
Sohel Rana's brother Mohammad Ibrahim applied to Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sultan Sohaag Uddin to file the case on Tuesday (20 August)
The court has directed the Adabor police station to register the complaint as a formal charge.
The list of accused includes former ministers Obaidul Quader, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, and Jahangir Kabir Nanak, along with former MP Sadeq Khan, former Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, and several other high-profile figures.
Also named in the case are Youth League Chairman Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash, General Secretary Mainul Hasan Khan Nikhil, former IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Habibur Rahman, former DB chief Harun-or-Rashid, and other senior officials, including the Acting Officer-in-Charge of Adabor Police Station Mahbub Rahman, Sub-Inspector Masum Billah, and Mohammad Rashid.
The lawsuit alleges that Sohel Rana was fatally shot by police on 5 August, acting on the orders of the accused, during a protest against discrimination in front of the Adabor Police Station.
