A case has been filed against 35 individuals, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, in connection with the killing of Hasan Mahmud, president of the Dhaka south unit of the Bangladesh Nationalist Road Transport Workers Party, who was also a journalist.
Hasan Mahmud's wife, Fatema, filed the complaint with Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbubul Haque's court in Dhaka on Thursday.
The court accepted the complaint and directed the Khilgaon police to register it as a case.
Notable accused in the case include former road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, former PM's adviser on private industry and investment Salman F Rahman, former jute minister Golam Dastagir Gazi, former environment minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury, and former MP Shamim Osman.
The complaint alleges that Hasan Mahmud, who was earning a livelihood as a journalist, went missing after leaving his home in Mugda Para, Uttara, on July 31 at 1:30am during the student protests.
His family later learned that he had been taken away by unidentified individuals in plainclothes, along with 50-60 other unknown people.
Mahmud was found later in front of the Gorhan Chapra Mosque and was pronounced dead at Mugda Medical College Hospital at 5am.
The complainant alleges that Mahmud was killed as part of a massacre during the student protests.
