Bangladesh's ex-PM Hasina calls for probe into killings during unrest that led to her ouster
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00:00In Bangladesh, families are asking questions.
00:03Amidst high tensions, relatives of missing persons gathered to demand justice for their
00:07loved ones, most of whom are opponents ousted by ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
00:13We want to know what's happened to my brother and the eight others picked up with him.
00:20We want to know their whereabouts.
00:23We want an official answer within 24 hours.
00:28We want justice and arrest of the officers who did it.
00:32Mohammad Yunus, head of the caretaker government, promised action and justice.
00:37This comes as Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina has been named in a newly opened murder investigation
00:43over the killing of a shop owner during last month's violent protests that forced the leader
00:48to flee the country for India.
00:51Initially student-led protests, the unrest continues in Dhaka despite the end of Hasina's
00:56iron-fisted tenure.
00:58Sheikh Hasina and her government will be brought to justice.
01:02Once they face proper trials, it will be up to the people of the country to decide whether
01:07the Awami League will be allowed to return to politics.
01:12In her first statement post-dramatic exit, Hasina has demanded an investigation into
01:17what she called the killings and vandalism that ousted her, urging supporters to gather
01:23on Thursday to commemorate the assassination of her father, the founder of Bangladesh.