TDS Desk:

An application has been filed for registering a case against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 33 others, accusing them of carrying out a mass murder by indiscriminately firing on a rally organized by Hefazat-e-Islam at Shapla Chattar in Motijheel on May 5, 2013.

Babul Sardar Chakhari, chairman of the Bangladesh People’s Party (BPP), filed the application in the court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Zaki-Al-Farabi on Sunday.

The court recorded the plaintiff’s statement and said he would pass an order on the issue later in the day.

With this, Sheikh Hasina is now facing 11 cases, including eight for murder, one for abduction, and two for committing crimes against humanity and genocide.

Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country in the face of a mass uprising on August 5.