Arrest warrant issued against Sheikh Hasina, currently under protection in India

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Arrest warrant issued against Sheikh Hasina, currently under protection in India

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More than 230 people have been killed in Bangladesh as violence erupted across the country following the fall of Hasina government, taking the death toll to over 600 since massive protests by students began against the controversial quota system in government jobs. Has occurred.

Bangladesh’s International Criminal Tribunal for Bangladesh on Thursday issued arrest warrants against former Prime Minister Hussey Shekhna and 45 others, including top Awami League leaders, in connection with alleged crimes against humanity during the recent mass student movement. The Daily Star quoted Chief Prosecutor Muhammad Tajul Islam as saying that the tribunal, led by its chairman Justice MD Golam Murtuza Majumdar, passed the order after the prosecution filed two petitions in the tribunal, seeking arrest warrants against them. .

The tribunal also directed the authorities concerned to arrest and produce before it 46 people, including Hasina, by November 18, he said. In August Bangladesh’s interim government said it would prosecute at the International Criminal Tribunal those involved in killings during the recent mass protests by students against the Hasina-led government.

More than 230 people have been killed in Bangladesh as violence erupted across the country following the fall of Hasina government, taking the death toll to over 600 since massive protests by students began against the controversial quota system in government jobs. Has occurred.

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