Dhaka, May 21 -- The plaintiff who filed a case against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 192 others over alleged vote rigging in the 2024 so-called "dummy election" has withdrawn the complaint just 48 hours after submitting it to a court in Tangail.

On Wednesday morning, Kamrul Hasan, a BNP leader and president of the Aloa union unit in Bhuyapur, submitted a plea for the case to be dropped at the Upazila Senior Judicial Magistrates Court.

His lawyer, Abu Raihan Khan, confirmed the development.

Court Police Inspector Md Lutfor Rahman said Judge Rumelia Sirazam heard statements from the plaintiff and his counsel and ordered the petition to be recorded.

"As a result, the case no longer needs to proceed," he added.

The case was in...