Hasina sued over killing of private firm employee who was shot from helicopter
BSS
21 August, 2024, 04:05 pm
Last modified: 21 August, 2024, 04:13 pm
Five people, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former chief justice ABM Khairul Haque, were implicated in a case lodged over the killing of private company employee Firoj Talukder in indiscriminate shooting from a helicopter of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) during recent anti-discrimination students’ movement.
The other accused in the case are- former road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, and former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun.
The victim’s wife Reshma Sultana filed the complaint with the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mehedi Hasan.
The court after recording the statement of the complainant, asked the officer in-charge of Mirpur Model Police Station to accept the matter as a first information report (FIR).
Firoj Talukder got shot while crossing through the Mirpur-10 intersection around 6pm on 19 July. He was declared dead as people rushed him to a nearby hospital.
