Meghalaya: Bangladesh Awami League leader, on the run since Sheikh Hasina's fall, found dead
Meghalaya: Bangladesh Awami League leader, on the run since Sheikh Hasina's fall, found dead
Several Bangladesh Awami League leaders have been on the run since the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina government on August 5. Bangladesh police registered several serious cases against Awami leaders, prompting them to flee the country.
A semi-decomposed body of Awami League leader has been found in Jaintia Hills district bordering Bangladesh, officials said on Wednesday. Meghalaya Police recovered the semi-decomposed body of Awami League leader Ishaque Ali Khan Panna from a betelnut plantation in Jaintia Hills district, they added.
The body was discovered on August 26 evening, around 1.5km from the Indo-Bangladesh border, police said.
Panna was identified through his passport, said SP Giri Prasad.
Who was deceased Awami League leader?
Panna, a former general secretary of Bangladesh Chhatra League and a prominent member of the Awami League from Pirojpur district, had been on the run following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government on August 5, sources said.
The body has been placed in Khliehriat Civil Hospital for further identification and processing, the SP said. Initial reports suggested that Panna might have suffered a cardiac arrest while trying to cross the border. However, there are conflicting accounts that say he might have been involved in a shooting incident with the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), police said.
4 more cases filed against deposed premier Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh
Meanwhile, four more cases have been filed against Bangladesh's deposed prime minister Hasina, her former cabinet ministers and aides, taking the total number of cases filed against her to 75, a media report said on Wednesday. Three of the cases were filed with Dhaka courts on Tuesday, while another murder case was filed in Bogura two days ago, the Daily Star newspaper reported.
With these, 76-year-old Hasina is now facing 75 cases related to the protests, including 63 on murder charges, seven on allegations of crimes against humanity and genocide, three on charges of abduction, and two for other charges, the paper said.
Hasina and 30 others were sued over the death of a grocery shop owner during the quota reform movement in the capital's Banasree on July 19.
The victim's father filed the murder case with the court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Tofazzal Hossain who asked Khilgaon Police Station to register it as a first information report (FIR), the paper said.
The court asked the officer in-charge of the same police station to register an FIR against Hasina and 26 others in a case related to the death of a 14-year-old on the same day.
