A court in Bangladesh has opened a murder investigation into ousted Bangladeshi Ex-Premier Sheikh Hasina and six top figures in her administration over the police killing of a man during civil unrest last month, APA reports citing DW.
The case accuses the seven of responsibility for the death of a grocery store owner, who was shot dead on July 19 by police violently suppressing protests.
The Daily Star newspaper reported that the case was brought on behalf of Amir Hamza, a resident of the neighbourhood where the shooting happened and a "well-wisher" of the victim.
Hamza's lawyer said that the Dhaka Metropolitan Court had ordered police to accept "the murder case against the accused persons," the first step in a criminal investigation under Bangladeshi law.
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