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Court defers Sifat murder probe report against Hasina, 25 others
Daily Sun Report, Dhaka
Published: 10 Nov 2026, 02:49 PM
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A Dhaka court has deferred the submission of the further investigation report in a murder case filed over the death of Md Sifat Hossain during the July uprising.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ariful Islam set 14 December
for the next report submission date, said Sub-Inspector Rafiqul Islam of the
prosecution division.
He said the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI), the
investigating agency, had failed to submit its report on the scheduled date.
The court subsequently fixed a new date.
On 15 August 2024, Sifat’s father, Kamal Howlader, filed the case against 22 people, including Sheikh Hasina, with a Dhaka court.
The court later recorded his statement and directed Mirpur
Model Police Station to register the complaint as a case.
Other accused include former ministers Obaidul Quader and
Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, former lawmakers Kamal Ahmed Majumder, Mainul Hossain
Khan Nikhil and SM Zahid, former inspector general of police Abdullah Al Mamun,
former DB chief Harun-or-Rashid, and former DMP commissioner Habibur Rahman.
On 28 May, SI Mizanur Rahman of Mirpur Model Police Station
submitted a charge sheet against 26 people, including Hasina.
However, the complainant expressed dissatisfaction after two
accused, Ziaul Haque Zia and Mehedi Hasan, were dropped from the case and filed
a naraji petition.
Following a hearing on 5 October, the court ordered the PBI
to conduct a further investigation.
According to the case statement, Sifat was shot dead on 20
July 2024, while thousands of students and members of the public were
demonstrating for quota reform in front of MS Power in Senpara, Mirpur-10.
Police allegedly opened fire on the demonstrators, and Sifat
was shot in the head while crossing the road to reach a safe place.