A total of eight murder cases have been filed in Feni so far against 3037 people, including former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader, for killing nine people during the anti-discrimination student movement in the district.

Mohammad Ruhul Amin, officer-in-charge (OC) of Feni Model Police Station, said that the police have started investigation into eight separate cases filed surrounding the anti-discrimination student movement in Feni.

Legal action will be taken against those involved in these incidents, he added.

In one of these cases, Sheikh Hasina, Obaidul Quader, former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, former Member of Parliament (MP) of Feni-2 constituency and General Secretary of Feni District Awami League Nizam Uddin Hazari have been made accused.

According to Feni Model Police Station, the latest case was filed on Friday (September 6) night.

The case was filed at the police station following a complaint lodged by Ashia Begum, 50, of Fatehpur area in Sharshdi union of Sadar upazila for killing her husband Zafar Ahmad, 53, during the anti-discrimination student movement on August 5.

With former MP of Feni-3 constituency Lt General (Retd.) Masud Uddin Chowdhury as the main accused, 205 people were named and 150 others were made unnamed accused in the case.

On August 4, Mahbubul Hasan Masum, 25, was killed in Mohipal area during the anti-discrimination student movement. Mohammad Mahmudul Hasan, brother of the victim, filed a case with the same police station on Wednesday night (September 4) against Sheikh Hasina, Obaidul Quader and Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal.

A total of 162 people were named in the case while 500 others have been made unknown accused.

According to Feni Police Station sources, 301 people were charged in the Shihab murder case, 305 people in the Shravan murder case, 334 people in the Masud murder case, 465 people in the Sabuj murder case, 371 people in the Sakib murder case and 244 people in another murder case.

On the first day of the non-cooperation movement called by the anti-discrimination student movement on August 4, gunmen fired indiscriminately on the students at Mohipal area in Feni.

At least nine people have been killed. According to multiple eyewitnesses and CCTV footage, all the armed men were Awami League leaders and activists.