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Published : 12 Jan 2026, 01:24 AM
The Police Bureau of Investigation has recommended exonerating ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 112 others after failing to trace “the injured” in a case filed over the attempted murder of Shahed Ali and nine others during the July Uprising.
The PBI submitted the final report to the court on Nov 5, citing “information mistake”.
Sub-Inspector Abul Bashar of the Prosecution Department said the court fixed Feb 3 for hearing the case.
The suspects in the case include Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, former ministers Mohammed Hasan Mahmud, Mohammad Ali Arafat, Zunaid Ahmed Palak, Jahangir Kabir Nanok, and the party’s leaders Mahbub Ul Alam Hanif, and Shamim Osman.
Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders Saddam Hossain and Sheikh Ali Asif Inan are also among the rest of the suspects.
The case was filed on Sept 3 last year with Dhanmondi police, less than a month after the fall of the Awami League government.
The case alleged that Shahed Ali, while returning home after work from the Shimanto Square during the July Uprising on Aug 4, was injured in front of the Meena Bazar on Dhanmondi 27. Nine students from Dhaka College and City College were also injured in the incident.
Police arrested four people over the incident. The case investigation was later assigned to the PBI. The investigation officer Inspector Shahjahan Bhuiyan did not find any victim of the incident. Shahjahan said the gazette that listed those injured in the July protest did not include anyone hurt in the incident as explained in the case.
“I have submitted a report recommending the discharge of the suspects due to informational error,” he said.
The complainant Sharif, identified with a single name as a brother of Shahed, stated in the case that several students from Dhaka College and City College were injured in the incident besides his brother.
The investigating officer could not find the students, as there was no specific information about them in the case. The investigation officer also searched at nearby hospitals where nobody by the name as described in the case had gone for treatment or admission.
The plaintiff said he himself was present during the incident.
“I was beaten. Many were injured. Something seems off about the matter, as police could not verify the facts in the July–August case,” said Sharif.
He said that the injured sought medical attention at pharmacies or drug stores, referring to the risk involved in going to hospitals for treatment in those days of movement.
The final report states that the investigating officer could not locate the victims mentioned in the case— Shahed Ali, Jannatul Ferdous Naima, Aisha Akter, Sammy Akter and others identified with a single name each - Rashed, Jewel, Mahmud, Nahid, Rasel, Miraj.
It was not possible to collect any information regarding their medical treatment, the report said.
Due to the impossibility of obtaining information about the injured, it was recommended that 113 people, including Sheikh Hasina, be discharged from the case, the final report added.
The final report also noted that Shahjahan officially issued notice to the plaintiff to bring his brother to the police station, but the victim never showed up.
Shahjahan said he also sent a notice to the complainant’s rented house in Hazaribagh, but the landlord knew no one named Sharif.
Shahjahan once met Sharif in Dhanmondi Lake by communicating with him through his WhatsApp number. The plaintiff failed to provide any evidence for his claim during the meeting or later.
Sharif alleged he received threats after filing the case.
