Following a hearing on 5 October, the court ordered the PBI to conduct a further investigation.
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A Dhaka court has set 14 December for the submission of a further investigation report into the killing of 26-year-old Md Sifat Hossain during the July uprising in Mirpur-10.
The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) was scheduled to submit the report today (10 November) but failed to do so. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ariful Islam subsequently fixed the new date, confirmed Rafiqul Islam, a sub-inspector of the prosecution department.
Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 25 others are accused in the case, including former ministers Obaidul Quader and Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, former IGP Abdullah Al Mamun and former Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Habibur Rahman.
Sifat’s father, Kamal Howlader, filed the murder case against Hasina and 21 others on 15 August 2024. On 28 May, police submitted a charge sheet against 26 people.
However, Howlader challenged the investigation report on 1 September, alleging that investigators had favoured the accused, failed to properly examine the allegations and did not visit the crime scene. He also objected to the dropping of Ziaul Haque Zia and Mehedi Hasan from the case.
Following a hearing on 5 October, the court ordered the PBI to conduct a further investigation.
According to the case statement, police opened fire on protesters taking part in the quota reform movement in front of MS Power in Senpara, Mirpur-10, on 20 July 2024. Sifat was crossing the road to reach safety when he was shot in the head. The bullet entered one side of his head and exited through the other, killing him.
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