Investigating officers have submitted a report to the court recommending exemption for former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, and 492 others from three separate murder cases filed at Dhaka’s Vatara Police Station during the July movement. The officers stated that all three cases contained factual errors.

The cases involved the deaths of truck driver Md Jahangir, water line mechanic Zakir Hossain, and shoe factory worker Ramzan Mia Jibon. Investigations revealed inconsistencies between the cases filed by the victims’ families and those filed by three other individuals. The family-filed cases indicated different locations and circumstances of death, including hospitals and other police jurisdictions, while the additional cases placed all incidents in Vatara.

The court had initially set January 25 as the deadline for the report submission, later extending it to March 2 when investigators failed to meet the earlier date.