From her exile in India, the former prime minister of Bangladesh today called for an investigation to find those responsible for the deaths of students during the weeks of violent protests that led to her ousting.
Sheik Hasina, who left office and fled Bangladesh on 5 August, went into exile in India after student activists led a revolt against her government. She is accused of being responsible for much of the deadly violence, along with senior officials in her administration.
In a statement published on the social network X by her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, Hasina said: "I demand the punishment of those responsible for the killings and sabotage through an investigation."
More than 300 people were killed in the riots that began in July with protests against a quota system for public jobs and later turned into a movement against Hasina's government.
Today, police launched a murder investigation, in what was expected to be the first of several cases accusing Hasina and other government officials of being responsible for the deaths that occurred during the unrest.
The case launched today involved the murder of a grocery store owner in July. S.M. Amir Hamza, described as a "benefactor" of grocery shop owner Abu Sayeed, filed the case in the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury.
Hamza said that Sayeed was killed on 19 July amid clashes during the student-led uprising and that he filed the case because Sayeed's family did not have the capacity to seek justice.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus succeeded Hasina on Thursday as head of Bangladesh's interim government, to lead "a democratic process" to hold elections after 15 years in power under the former prime minister.
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