The Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has submitted a final report to the Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court recommending the discharge of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 114 other accused in a high-profile attempted murder case linked to alleged shootings on August 4, 2024.
The case, filed on September 3, 2024, by one Sharif (later identified as Shariful Islam) at Dhanmondi Police Station, accused Sheikh Hasina, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, former ministers Hasan Mahmud, Md. Arafat, Zunaid Ahmed Palak, Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Mahbubul Alam Hanif, Shamim Osman, Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, former MP Ferdous Ahmed, Chhatra League President Saddam Hossain, General Secretary Sheikh Wali Asif Inan, Dr. Din Mohammad Nurul Haque, and 102 others—totalling 113 named accused plus two more arrested as suspects—of instigating indiscriminate firing near Minabazar on Road 27, Dhanmondi.
The complainant claimed his “younger brother” Md. Sahed Ali, and nine students from Dhaka College and City College were injured in the incident allegedly triggered by the accused.
PBI Sub-Inspector Md. Shahjahan Bhuiyan, the investigation officer, submitted the final report on November 5, 2025, after extensive field inquiries. Metropolitan Magistrate Raju Ahmed fixed December 22, 2025, for hearing on acceptance of the report and issued notice to the complainant. The next date is February 3, 2026. The details of the report became public on Monday, the daily Prothom Alo reported.
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The PBI investigation found no trace of the alleged victims despite exhaustive searches:
– No Md. Sahed Ali was located at Segunbagicha’s Seemanta Square shopping complex, Dhaka College, or City College. The market association president replied in writing: “No shop owner or employee named Md. Sahed Ali was found at Seemanta Square Market or Seemanta Sambhar. No information of anyone by that name being injured in the anti-discrimination student movement.”
– Letters to the principals of Dhaka College and City College seeking details of the nine named students (Rashed, Jewel, Mahmud, Nahid, Russell, Miraj, Jannatul Ferdous Naima, Ayesha Akter, Sammi Akter) yielded no response due to incomplete information (no full names, class rolls, departments, or parents’ names).
– No hospital records of treatment for the alleged victims were found around the incident site.
– The complainant Shariful Islam’s rented house in Hazaribagh had no trace of him; the landlord denied knowing anyone by that name. His NID revealed origins in Mandari, Lakshmipur Sadar, but locals had no information about him.
– Sharif’s mobile remained switched off; after repeated WhatsApp contact, he met the IO near Dhanmondi Lake but failed to produce the victim or medical documents despite repeated requests. No medical evidence was mentioned, even in the FIR.
Concluding the allegations as “factually incorrect,” the PBI recommended the discharge of all 115 persons (113 named + 2 suspects).
This case fits into a broader pattern of “ghost cases” and politically motivated filings documented in a recent Jugantor investigation (December 9, 2025). Of 192 July-August violence-related cases probed by PBI, inquiries into 78 (including nine murders) were completed: 56% were found “false and baseless” with no prima facie evidence, while in the remaining 44%, up to 90% of the accused had no connection to the alleged crimes—often named solely due to Awami League affiliation.
PBI Chief Additional IG Md. Mostofa Kamal stated: “Hundreds of people have been implicated in each of these cases. People from Chattogram, Narayanganj, Barisal, Cumilla, and other far-flung districts have been named as accused in alleged crimes committed in Dhaka. Many accused have never been to Dhaka in their entire lives.”
Nationwide, 1,785 such criminal cases implicate hundreds of thousands—predominantly Awami League leaders, activists, and supporters—yet charge sheets were submitted in only 106. Human rights lawyer Advocate Manzil Murshid estimated 60-70% of cases are unfounded, driven by extortion and vendettas.
Examples abound: In Mirpur’s CR No. 890/2024, the complainant vanished—fake address, forged NID, unrelated mobile owner. In Gulshan CR No. 4448/2024, CDRs proved that most accused (including distant farmers) were never in Dhaka. In the Tejgaon murder case No. 960/2024, 208 named and 900 unknown individuals were charged, later discarded as duplicates.
Critics argue the Yunus-led interim government has allowed a “mobocracy” where partisan groups file mass false cases, leading to arbitrary arrests, prolonged detentions, and extortion. While some arrests continue (e.g., Junayed Ahmed Palak remains in jail in other cases), the PBI’s findings in this and similar probes signal growing scrutiny of post-July filings.
The court will now decide whether to accept the final report and close the case, amid calls for accountability against those who lodged demonstrably false complaints.
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