The Criminal Investigation Department of the Bangladesh Police on Friday published a notice in two newspapers declaring former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 260 others as “fugitives” in a sedition case, the Dhaka Tribune reported.

According to the notice, published in The Daily Star and Amar Desh, the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court ordered its publication. It was published in English and Bengali, and signed by the Criminal Investigation Department’s Special Superintendent (Media), Jasim Uddin Khan.

The notice alleged that the department had uncovered evidence of conspiratorial activities conducted from home and abroad through an online platform called “Joy Bangla Brigade” with the intent to overthrow the legitimate government of the country, the Dhaka Tribune reported.

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