Former Premier Hasina of Bangladesh named in murder case over police firing incident

Sheikh Hasina and 6 others accused in murder of grocery store owner during police firing in Mohammadpur area on July 19

By SM Najmus Sakib

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) - Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been named as a suspect in a murder case filed on Tuesday, related to the killing of a grocery store owner in a police firing incident on July 19.

This is the first murder case filed against Hasina, who fled to neighboring India on August 5.

The case was lodged by Amir Hamza Shatil, a resident of Mohammadpur in the capital Dhaka, with the Court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury.

Hasina, along with six others, is accused of the murder of grocery store owner Abu Sayeed, who was killed during the police firing in the Mohammadpur area on July 19.

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