Overview
- The court-ordered notice appeared Friday in The Daily Star and Amar Desh in English and Bengali, signed by CID Special Superintendent (Media) Jasim Uddin Khan.
- Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court-17 Judge Ariful Islam had declared Hasina and 260 others absconding and directed that the notice be published.
- The CID says it filed a chargesheet naming 286 individuals after forensic analysis of data from servers, social media and other digital platforms.
- Investigators opened the sedition probe with Home Affairs approval under Section 196 of the Criminal Procedure Code and allege activities via the Joy Bangla Brigade to topple the government.
- The Joy Bangla Brigade describes itself as backing Hasina and her father’s legacy and hosts content attacking interim leader Muhammad Yunus.