Hasina’s assertion comes hours after a court docket orders probe into her function within the dying of a grocery store proprietor through the protests.
Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has referred to as for motion in opposition to these concerned in “killings and vandalism” within the nation final month, her first feedback since violent protests pressured her to flee to India.
Roughly 300 folks died within the demonstrations that started as student-led protests in opposition to quotas in authorities jobs spiralled into a bigger motion in search of Hasina’s overthrow.
Hasina’s written assertion, issued on X on Tuesday by means of her United States-based son, got here hours after a court docket ordered a probe into her function within the dying of a grocery store proprietor through the protests.
Many individuals died “within the title of revolution” in July, Hasina stated.
“I demand that these concerned in these killings and vandalism be correctly investigated and the culprits be recognized and punished accordingly,” she stated.
The deposed Bangladeshi leader additionally urged her supporters to seem in public within the capital Dhaka to mark Thursday’s anniversary of her father’s assassination.
“I attraction to you to look at the Nationwide Day of Mourning on August 15 with due respect and solemnity,” she stated within the assertion.
The homicide case in opposition to Hasina – the primary following the protests – was accepted by Dhaka’s chief metropolitan Justice of the Peace’s court docket after a listening to and the police have been ordered to research.
Six others accused within the case embody Obaidul Quader, the final secretary of Hasina’s Awami League get together, former Inside Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal and senior police officers.
Prosecutors stated grocer Abu Saeed was hit by a bullet whereas crossing the road on July 19 as police fired on protesters in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur space.
The complainant blamed Hasina, who had referred to as for sturdy motion to quell the violence, for the capturing.
Lawyer Amir Hamza stated he was not associated to Saeed however approached the court docket as a result of Saeed’s household couldn’t afford to file the case.
“I’m the primary odd citizen who confirmed the braveness to take this authorized step in opposition to Sheikh Hasina for her crimes. I’ll see the case to an finish,” Hamza instructed the Reuters information company.
Different members of her authorities additionally face legal motion, with former Legislation Minister Anisul Huq and Hasina’s adviser Salman F Rahman arrested for allegedly “instigating” the homicide of two folks, police stated on Tuesday.
Bangladeshi scholar chief Nahid Islam, now a part of the interim authorities, stated not too long ago that Hasina should face trial for the killings throughout her time period.
Hasina plans to return to Bangladesh when the caretaker authorities decides on holding elections, her son has stated.
