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| Ex-Bangladesh PM in murder case | Ex-Bangladesh PM in murder case |
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| Police in Bangladesh have filed murder charges against former Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina. | Police in Bangladesh have filed murder charges against former Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina. |
| They have accused her supporters of killing four supporters of a rival political party during street violence in Dhaka last October. | They have accused her supporters of killing four supporters of a rival political party during street violence in Dhaka last October. |
| It is not clear what role police say Ms Hasina took in the killings. | It is not clear what role police say Ms Hasina took in the killings. |
| Sheikh Hasina left Bangladesh after the interim government declared a state of emergency in January. Her Awami League party says she will return home soon. | Sheikh Hasina left Bangladesh after the interim government declared a state of emergency in January. Her Awami League party says she will return home soon. |
| Correspondents say that it is unlikely that the charges against Sheikh Hasina would have gone ahead without the consent of the military-backed caretaker government. | Correspondents say that it is unlikely that the charges against Sheikh Hasina would have gone ahead without the consent of the military-backed caretaker government. |
| It postponed elections that were due in January and says no polls can be held until it has dealt with the endemic corruption in the country. | It postponed elections that were due in January and says no polls can be held until it has dealt with the endemic corruption in the country. |
| 'Farcical' | 'Farcical' |
| Police say that a murder case against Sheikh Hasina will be heard on 22 April. | |
| "Detective branch police submitted the charge-sheet of the case to a Dhaka court today after carrying out investigations and taking evidence," Deputy commissioner Shahidul Haq Bhuiyan told the AFP news agency. | |
| The government has arrested numerous politicians | |
| Forty-six other Awami League members have also been accused of murder alongside Sheikh Hasina. | Forty-six other Awami League members have also been accused of murder alongside Sheikh Hasina. |
| The incident happened when the party was in opposition and its supporters were demonstrating about the make-up of the caretaker government. | The incident happened when the party was in opposition and its supporters were demonstrating about the make-up of the caretaker government. |
| Ten leaders of the Islamist group, Jamaat-i-Islami - including its leader, Matiur Rahman Nizami - have also been charged separately with being involved in the violence. | |
| There has so far been no response from the Awami League to the murder charges. | There has so far been no response from the Awami League to the murder charges. |
| It has described an earlier extortion case filed by the authorities against Sheikh Hasina as "farcical". | It has described an earlier extortion case filed by the authorities against Sheikh Hasina as "farcical". |
| News of charges against Sheikh Hasina came on the same day that the government severely curtailed the freedom of movement of another former prime minister, Khaleda Zia, whose son has been arrested on corruption charges. | |
| There is widespread media speculation in newspapers that the government is seeking to force both Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia into political exile, but this has been denied by the administration. |