The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police has published newspaper notices declaring deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 260 others as “fugitives” in a sedition case. The case was filed over allegations that the accused had joined a Zoom meeting of the “Joy Bangla Brigade” to conspire against the interim government. The CID said that Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ariful Islam had ordered the publication of the fugitive notices on Thursday, naming 261 individuals. The complaint alleges that on Dec 19 last year, several hundred leaders and activists joined a Joy Bangla Brigade Zoom meeting led by Rabbi Alam, vice-president of the US Awami League. During the meeting, Hasina allegedly made “anti-state remarks” and called for the removal of Muhammad Yunus as chief of the interim government.
