Former President Abdul Hamid Also Fired Gunshots in Movement, BNP Worker Files Case

Staff Reporter

A case has been filed in Kishoreganj accusing former President Abdul Hamid of firing at students during the government-opposing movement in July-August. The case also includes Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 124 others as defendants.

The case was filed on Tuesday, January 15, by a young man named Tahmul Islam (27) at the Kishoreganj Police Station.

It is reported that since August 5, 11 cases have been filed in Kishoreganj Sadar Police Station, and nearly 50 cases have been filed across the district, with around 4,000 named individuals and more than 10,000 unidentified people implicated.

However, this is the first time that former President Abdul Hamid has been named as a defendant in a case. He is listed as the third defendant, following Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as the first defendant and her younger sister Sheikh Rehana as the second.

The case statement mentions that to suppress the movement, defendants 1 to 20, residing both in the country and abroad, planned mass killings nationwide. To ensure no protests could take place in Kishoreganj, defendants 21 to 40 gave orders, and defendants 41 to 124 supplied firearms, bombs, cocktails, and local weapons to suppress the movement and carry out the mass killings.

On August 4 last year, around noon, the accused attacked a procession in the Station Road area of the district town. They fired guns, injuring the plaintiff and witnesses. Additionally, they threw grenades, cocktails, and bombs, creating terror in the area.

Tahmul Islam, the plaintiff, mentioned that he is a BNP worker and was injured during the movement. After a long period of treatment, he has now recovered sufficiently to file the case.

Kishoreganj Sadar Model Police Station’s Officer-in-Charge (OC) Abdullah Al Mamun stated that the case would be investigated, and appropriate legal actions would be taken.