A petition was filed on Thursday with a Dhaka court seeking its directives to file a case against 16 people including former Chief Adviser Prof Yunus and former Law Adviser Asif Nazrul in connection with the tragic military aircraft crash into Milestone School and College in Uttara that claimed lives of 36 people including 28 students.

Usaimong Marma, father of sain student Ukkya Saing Marma,  filed the petition with the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate.

Judge of the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ariful Islam kept the petition pending after recording the testimony of the plaintiff, said Advocate AKM Sharif Uddin, lawyer of the plaintiff.

Other names included in the petition are former Air Vice Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan, Air commanding Officer Morshed Mohammad Khayer Ul Afsar, Officer Commanding Maintenance Group Captain Rifat Akter Ziku, Adviser of the Governing Body of Milestone School and College, Nurnabi (retd), Principle of the college Mohammad Ziaul Alam, Principle (Administration)  Md Masud Alam, Principal (School section) Rifat Nabi, Chairman of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK), Filed Supervisor (Uttara), former secretary of Education Ministry Zubayer, former secretary of Defence Ministry, former Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan, and former press secretary of the interim government Shafiqul Alam.

On July 21 last year, at least 36 people including 28 students were killed when an FT-7 BGI fighter jet crashed into Milestone School and College in Uttara.

On November 5, a probe body, formed after the July jet crash, submitted the report to  former Chief Adviser Prof Yunus.