<div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Two cases against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former state minister for foreign affairs Shahriar Alam, among 345 others, were filed in the district today.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">District Coordinator of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) Shalauddin Ahmed Shamim Sarker and JCD worker Zahid Hassan lodged the two cases with Bagha Police Station mentioning the names of 165 people.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In his case, Shalauddin Sarker mentioned the names of 24 persons, including Sheikh Hasina and Shahriar Alam, and 20-30 others as unnamed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In his petition, he pointed out that a group of leaders and workers of Bangladesh Awami League (AL) forcibly took him to an unknown place from Bagha New Bus Stand area at gunpoint at the direction of Sheikh Hasina and Shahriar on May 21, 2023.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Afterwards, they beat him mercilessly along with giving him electric shocks repeatedly. He was sent to court after a weeklong torture and filing false cases against him.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On the other hand, Zahid Hassan mentioned that the AL leaders and workers armed with firearms and lethal weapons attacked his business shop and set it on fire at Kishorepur Bazar under the same upazila on August 25, 2023.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In his case, he mentioned the names of 141 people, Sheikh Hasina and Shahriar, and 100-150 others as unnamed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Abu Bakker Siddique, Officer-in-Charge of Bagha Police Station, said they recorded the two cases separately. He also said they are continuing their efforts to bring the accused to book as early as possible.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>