Sheikh Hasina: Nearly 2 weeks have passed since the coup of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her fleeing the country. Meanwhile, the interim government of Mohammad Yunus is not ready to release Sheikh Hasina. On Sunday (August 18), a holiday, an application has been filed in a Bangladesh court to register a case against Sheikh Hasina and 33 others. In which Sheikh Hasina and others are accused of genocide by firing indiscriminately at a rally in 2013.
In fact, Sheikh Hasina and 33 other people have been accused of committing mass murder by firing indiscriminately at a rally organised by ‘Hefazat-e-Islam’ in the year 2013. According to the news of ‘Dhaka Tribune’ newspaper, Bangladesh People’s Party (BPP) president Babul Sardar Chakhari has filed a petition in the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate recorded the statement
In the petition filed by Babul Sardar Chakhari in the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court, former PM Sheikh Hasina and others have been accused of committing “mass murder” during a rally at Shapla Chattar in Motijheel on May 5, 2013. During this, the court has recorded the statement of the plaintiff. The court says that it will pass an order on this issue later.
Know in which cases FIR was registered against Sheikh Hasina?
After the anti-reservation movement in jobs in Bangladesh turned violent, Sheikh Hasina had to resign from the post of Prime Minister on 5 August and leave the country. After which she came to India. However, now 11 cases are registered against Hasina in Bangladesh, including 8 cases of murder, 1 of kidnapping, crimes against humanity and 2 cases of genocide.
Is it possible to prosecute Sheikh Hasina criminally?
According to the BBC report, the International Criminal Tribunal has decided to investigate 9 people including former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the anti-reservation movement case in Bangladesh. All of them have been accused of murder, genocide and torture. The father of a student during the anti-reservation movement had filed this petition on Wednesday (14 August). In such a situation, the question arises whether it is possible to prosecute Sheikh Hasina according to the law?
On this, Bangladesh government’s Attorney General Mohammad Asaduzzaman says that it is possible to prosecute Sheikh Hasina under this law. He said that this crime also comes under the definition of crime against humanity given in the 1973 law. This means that Sheikh Hasina can be charged with crime against humanity as per subsection 2(a) of section 3 of the Act.
Action can be taken on these sections in the International Criminal Tribunal
Under this section, cases of murder, destruction, slavery, deportation, imprisonment, kidnapping, torture, rape and inhumane acts committed against civilians can be heard in the International Criminal Tribunal. Apart from this, cases of persecution on political, ethnic or religious grounds can also be heard here.