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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.
Police say that supporters of her Awami League party carried out the attack on members of an Islamic party. It is not clear what role police say Ms Hasina took in the killings.
Sheikh Hasina is currently out of the country, but is due to return to Bangladesh later this month. 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.
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'
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.
Ten leaders of the Islamist group, Jamaat-i-Islami, 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.
It has described an earlier extortion case filed by the authorities against Sheikh Hasina as "farcical".