Charge sheet filed against Hasina, Quader, 31 others

Police have submitted a charge sheet against 33 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former minister Obaidul Quader, in the murder case of mason Babul Mridha in connection with the July uprising.

Jatrabari Police Sub-Inspector and investigation officer Mahmudul Hasan Irfan submitted the charge sheet to the court on 13 August. The Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court will hear the charge sheet on 14 September, said a prosecution division source.

The other prominent accused include former ministers Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, Anisul Huq, Hasan Mahmud and Mohammad Ali Arafat; former DSCC mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh; former Barishal City Corporation mayor Sadiq Abdullah; former lawmakers SM Shahzada and Mahiuuddin Maharaj; former IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun and former DMP commissioner Habibur Rahman.

According to the case statement, Babul was shot and injured on 19 July 2024 after leaving home to look for his elder son, Abu Taleb, who had joined the anti-discrimination student movement in Dania, Jatrabari.

Locals rescued him and took him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital before he was transferred to BGB Hospital and later to CMH on 22 August. He died there on 9 September.

His wife, Seema Begum, filed the murder case with Jatrabari Police Station on 19 November 2024.