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A murder investigation has been opened into Bangladesh’s ex-premier Sheikh Hasina over the police killing of a man during civil unrest last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Six other top figures in the previous government are also being investigated following weeks of deadly unrest in the capital Dhaka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mamun Mia, a lawyer who brought the case on behalf of a private citizen, said the court in Dhaka had ordered police to accept “the murder case against the accused persons”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is the first step in a criminal investigation under Bangladeshi law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ms Hasina resigned and left the country earlier this month, fleeing to India after political unrest destabilised the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More than 400 people were killed in weeks of student demonstrations against Ms Hasina. Many of them were shot by the police, on her orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Businessman Amir Hamza applied to bring the murder case in July, after a local grocer, Abu Saeed was shot in the head while crossing the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He told a magistrate’s court that on 19 July, students were holding a peaceful protest, and police had fired indiscriminately on the crowd, according to BBC Bangla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The former Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader is among those being investigated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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