Charge sheets filed against Hasina, 62 others in two Jatrabari cases

Police have filed charge sheets against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 62 others in two cases over killings and attempted killings during the July mass uprising in Dhaka’s Jatrabari area.

Investigators have also recommended dropping 105 people from the cases for lack of evidence linking them to the alleged offences.

The cases concern the attempted murder of Nadim and the killing of construction worker Md Babul Mridha. Separate charge sheets were submitted to the court by two sub-inspectors of Jatrabari Police Station.

In the Nadim attempted murder case, SI Ibrahim Khalil submitted a charge sheet against 30 people, including Hasina, on July 27, recommending the release of 66 others. The accused include former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, former bridge minister Obaidul Quader, former food minister Advocate Qamrul Islam, former IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, former DMP commissioner Habibur Rahman, former DB chief Harun-or-Rashid, former DMP joint commissioner Biplab Kumar Sarker and former Bangladesh Chhatra League president Saddam Hossain.

In the Babul Mridha murder case, SI Mahmudul Hasan Irfan submitted a charge sheet against 33 people, including Hasina, on August 13, recommending the release of 39 others.

The accused in the second case also include former ministers Anisul Haq and Hasan Mahmud, former state minister Mohammad Ali Arafat, former Dhaka South City mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh and several former MPs and local political leaders.

Police said the court is expected to hear soon whether to accept the charge sheets.