Quader among 75 sued for killing school student in Uttara

Another murder case was filed against former road
transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader and 74 others for killing a
school student named Md Sabid Hossain, during the Anti-Discrimination Student
Movement on August 5.

Victim’s brother Shahriar Kabir filed an application to Dhaka Metropolitan
Magistrate Farzana Shakila’s court this morning appealing to lodge a murder
case against the 75 accused.

Accepting the plea, the court ordered Uttara Thana Police to record the
statement of the plaintiff and register the complaint as a first information
report (FIR).

Besides Quader, also Awami League (AL) general secretary, former home
minister Asaduzzaman Khan, former law minister Anisul Haque, former state
minister of information and broadcasting, former DNCC mayor Atiqul Islam,
former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Abdullah Al Mamun, former DB chief
Mohammad Harun ar Rashid, among others, were made accused in the case.

According to the case statement, the victim was shot on the head while
attending a peaceful protest rally on August 5.

Being informed, his family members rushed Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship
Government Hospital in Uttara and identified his body, the case statement added. (BSS)