Bangladesh deposed PM Sheikh Hasina sued in 2013 'mass murder' case

Bangladesh deposed PM Sheikh Hasina sued in 2013 'mass murder' case

Bangladesh deposed PM Sheikh Hasina sued in 2013 'mass murder' case

DHAKA: An application was filed with a court in Bangladesh on Sunday to register a case against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 33 others, accusing them of carrying out a mass murder by indiscriminately firing on a rally organised in 2013 by Hefazat-e-Islam here.

Babul Sardar Chakhari, chairman of the Bangladesh People's Party (BPP), applied to the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Zaki-Al-Farabi, the Dhaka Tribune newspaper reported.

The application accused them of the "mass murder" during the rally at Shapla Chattar in Motijheel on May 5, 2013.