A murder investigation has been opened into Bangladesh’s former prime minister Sheikh Hasina over the police killing of a man during civil unrest.
Six other top figures in the previous government are also being investigated following weeks of deadly unrest in the capital Dhaka.
Ms Hasina resigned earlier this month, fleeing to neighbouring India, as calls grew for her to stand down.
Just hours after the case was filed against her, she called for an investigation into the protests that led to her resignation.
In her first public statement since she left the country, she asked for those involved to “be identified and punished accordingly”.
More than 400 people were killed in weeks of student demonstrations culminating in the demands against Ms Hasina. Many of them were shot by the police, on her orders.
Mamun Mia, a lawyer who brought the case against the former prime minister on behalf of a private citizen, said the court in Dhaka had ordered police to accept “the murder case against the accused persons”.
This is the first step in a criminal investigation under Bangladeshi law. (BBC)