Dhaka, Dec. 7 -- Deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and three of her former ministers have been charged with "planning and criminal conspiracy to commit murder, financial assistance, supplying firearms and giving direct and indirect orders" leading to the murder of CNG autorickshaw driver Md Shobuj in Dhaka's Mohammadpur during the July Uprising.

Former road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, former textiles and jute minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak and two former members of parliament -- Nurunnabi Chowdhury Shaon and Sadek Khan -- are among the 15 suspects who face the same charges as Hasina.

The remaining 14 suspects among the 30 accused in the case are charged with "directly assisting...