Dhaka, Feb. 12 -- The United Nations has said that former prime minister Sheikh Hasina ordered and oversaw multiple large-scale operations that involved killings and indiscriminate shootings during the student-led movement in Bangladesh.

The revelation came from a UN report on human rights violations in Bangladesh between Jul 1 and Aug 15. UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk presented key findings from the report at a media briefing in Geneva on Wednesday.

According to the report, former senior officials directly involved in suppressing the protests, along with other internal sources, have described how the former prime minister and other officials ordered and supervised multiple large-scale operations.

During these operations, security ...