Vikrant Shekhawat : Aug 15, 2024, 06:00 AM
Bangladesh Violence: The troubles of ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina are going to increase further. A complaint was filed against Sheikh Hasina and several others before the International Crimes Tribunal today, accusing her of committing genocide and crimes against humanity during a massive movement of students against her government. An official of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) investigation agency said, "This complaint was filed by the father of one of the students who died after being shot by the police during the protest." A Supreme Court lawyer filed this complaint on behalf of Bulbul Kabir, father of ninth grade student Arif Ahmed Siam, who died after being shot by the police during the protest on August 5. Daily newspaper 'The Daily Star' quoted Ataur Rahman, Deputy Director of the Investigation Agency, as saying in its report, "We have registered the complaint and investigation into the matter has started. '' He said, '' After the completion of the investigation, we will submit the report to the Chief Prosecutor's Office of the Tribunal for the next process. '' According to state news agency BSS, the complaint accuses Hasina and several others of committing 'genocide and crimes against humanity'.Hasina accused of mass murderThe complaint was filed at a time when the interim government said that the killings committed in the period between July 1 and August 5 would be tried by the International Crimes Tribunal. The complaint accuses 76-year-old Hasina and others of carrying out mass murder between July 15 and August 5. As per procedure, the agency has to investigate the complaints and then file a case before ICT-Bangladesh, which was originally formed to prosecute Bengali-speaking criminals who sided with Pakistani troops during the 1971 Liberation War.Apart from Hasina, these people can also be prosecutedThe complaint also includes the names of Hasina's Awami League general secretary and former road transport minister Obaidul Quader, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, former information and broadcasting junior minister Mohammad Ali Arafat and several senior police officers. More than 230 people were killed in Bangladesh in incidents of violence that broke out across the country after the fall of the Hasina government on August 5. The death toll has risen to 560 during the three weeks of violence that began with a student movement against the controversial reservation system in jobs.