A Dhaka court issued arrest warrants for 102 suspects, including former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in a case involving the shooting murder of fish dealer Nabi Nur Morol during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement in Savar.
After receiving the charge sheet, Additional Senior Judicial Magistrate KM Mohiuddin issued the arrest warrants. The court set the deadline for submitting the warrants’ execution reports on February 26 of next year.
Apart from Sheikh Hasina, the notable accused against whom arrest warrants were issued included former road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, former Savar Upazila Parishad chairman Manjurul Alam Rajib, former Savar Pourasava mayor Haji Abdul Gani, former Tetuljhora union parishad chairman Fakhrul Alam Samor, former councillor Nazrul Islam Manik Molla, and activity-banned Awami League Ashulia thana president Faruk
According to the charge statement, on July 20, 2024, during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, the accused allegedly shot fish vendor Nabi Nur Morol in Savar. He was brought to Savar’s Enam Medical College Hospital and died the next day, July 21, while being treated.
Following the event, the victim’s wife, Akhlima Begum, 40, filed a murder charge with Savar Model Police Station on September 4, 2024. On September 9, 2019, a charge sheet against 114 suspects, including Sheikh Hasina and Obaidul Quader, was submitted following the conclusion of the inquiry.
Former Food Minister Advocate Qamrul Islam, former State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Dr Enamur Rahman, and five other accused are currently in jail. The High Court granted bail to five of the accused. As 102 suspects, including Sheikh Hasina, remained at large, the court issued arrest warrants for them.
