Bangladesh ex-Premier Hasina calls for probe into killings during unrest that led to her ouster

Dhaka, Bangladesh:Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued a call Tuesday from self exile in India for an investigation into those responsible for k...

Dhaka, Bangladesh: Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued a call Tuesday from self-exile in India for an investigation into those responsible for killings of students and others during weeks of violent protests in Bangladesh that prompted her ouster.

Hasina, who stepped down and fled Bangladesh on Aug. 5 after student activists led an uprising against her government, is herself accused of responsibility for much of the deadly violence, along with top officials of her administration.

In a statement posted on the social media platform X by her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, Hasina said: "I demand punishment for those responsible for the killings and sabotage, through investigation." It was her first public statement since leaving the country.

More than 300 people were killed in unrest that started July with protests against a quota system for government jobs that later morphed into a movement against Hasina's administration.

Earlier Tuesday, police launched a murder investigation in what was expected to be the first of several cases accusing Hasina and other government officials of responsibility for deaths during the unrest.