Orders to exhume the bodies of 114 people killed in anti-discrimination protests

04 August, 2025, 09:50 pm

Last modified: 04 August, 2025, 09:58 pm

Orders to exhume the bodies of 114 people killed in anti-discrimination protests

04 August, 2025, 09:50 pm

Last modified: 04 August, 2025, 09:58 pm

The bodies of 114 people killed in the anti-discrimination student movement have been ordered to be exhumed from a mass grave at the capital's Rayerbazar graveyard to determine their cause of death. Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman issued the order on August 4 following a police application.

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