A case has been filed against two former members of parliament and over a hundred leaders and activists of the Awami League and its affiliated organizations in connection with the murder of a schoolboy in Ashulia in Savar.
The case was filed at Ashulia police station on Friday night following the death of 16-year-old Al-Sabur in the Bypile area of Ashulia on August 5. The complaint was lodged by Sahid Hasan Mithu, a neighbour of the deceased.
Al-Sabur was a tenth-grade student at Jamgara Shaheen School. He lived with his family in the Shimultala area of Yearpur Union, Ashulia.
The case names 119 individuals, including Saiful Islam, a former independent member of parliament and general secretary of the Ashulia Thana Awami League, Talukdar Tauhid Jung Murad, a former Awami League MP, Faruq Hasan Tuhin, president of the Ashulia Thana Awami League, and Shamim Ahmed Bhuiyan, chairman of Yearpur Union Parishad (UP) and organizing secretary of the Ashulia Thana Awami League.
According to the complaint, Al-Sabur went shopping in the Bypile area around 11am on August 5. At that time, an Anti-Discrimination Student Movement was taking place in the area. The complaint alleges that around 2pm, the plaintiff learned that Al-Sabur was lying dead at the Bypile intersection. Upon reaching the scene, he discovered the boy's body.
The plaintiff claims that during the incident, leaders, including Saiful Islam and Talukdar Tauhid Jung Murad, led a group of 15 accused who caught Al-Sabur, beat him with sticks, and shot him, leading to his death on the spot.
Ashulia police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) AFM Syed confirmed the murder case and said: "Further legal action will be taken after investigation. Efforts are ongoing to arrest the accused."
