Case filed against Hasina, Quader over killing of Bogra teacher

A murder case has been filed against 101 individuals, including former prime minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina and the party's general secretary, Obaidul Quader, in connection with the death of a teacher who died during the recent student movement in Bogra.

Sikander Ali, the father of the deceased Salim Hossain, 35, filed the case on Friday with Bogra Sadar police station, naming Hasina and Quader as the instigators of the killing.

Salim was a resident of Palikanda village in Pirob union of Shibganj upazila, Bogra. He taught at Light House School of Learning and Diversity in Murail, Kahaloo, according to media reports.

Among the accused are two former MPs from the Awami League, five Upazila chairmen, two mayors, eight councillors of Bogra municipality, 10 union parishad chairmen and 25 public representatives. Additionally, 350 unidentified individuals are included as accused.

Notable accused include Mujibur Rahman, president of Bogra district Awami League and former MP from Bogra-5 (Sherpur-Dhunot), and Ragebul Ahsan, general secretary of the same unit and former MP from Bogra-6 (Bogra Sadar).

According to the case dossier, at around 3pm on August 4, the day before Hasina resigned and fled the country, a group of Awami League members, including the two former MPs, led an attack on protesters in front of IFIC Bank on Station Road in the Satmatha area of Bogra town during the student movement. 

The attackers used cocktails and petrol bombs. During the attack, teacher Salim Hossain was seriously injured. 

Councillors Abdul Matin Sarkar and Aminul Islam hacked him with a machete, while Councillor Arifur Rahman beat him with a hockey stick. The attackers ensured his death by inflicting additional injuries with weapons, it says.