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DINAJPUR, Jan 08, 2025(BSS) - A case was filed against former Finance Minister Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali and 125 others with the chief judicial magistrate court here today for their involvement in sabotage acts during the anti-discrimination student movement in July-August.

Mahbuba Akhter, wife of Momtazur Rahman of Darail village under Sadar upazila filed the case with the court of Senior Judicial Magistrate Md Samiul Islam for attacking and injuring her son Mobasher Rahman during the July uprising, Court Inspector Md Shamsul Islam told BSS.

The other major accused of the case are - former State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury, former Whip of the Jatiya Sangsad Iqbalur Rahim, former lawmakers Shibly Sadiq and Monoranjon Shill Gopal. 

The complainant told the court that her son Mobasher along with others joined the anti-discrimination students’ movement in front of Dinajpur Sadar Hospital on August 4.
 
The leaders and activists of Awami League and its front organizations attacked the pro-movement activists with firearms and cocktails in which her son injured critically.

The attackers also obstructed her son to get admitted into the sadar hospital and forced him (injured) to stay at home to take treatment there, Mahbuba Akhter said.

The senior judicial magistrate has accepted the petition of the complainant and kept it pending for further order.

A total of 28 cases have been filed with police stations and the courts in Dinajpur so far.