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Published : 06 Oct 2025, 08:52 PM
Lawyer Amir Hossain has claimed that ex-police chief Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun was “provoked” into giving a statement implicating suspects in a crimes against humanity case linked to the July Uprising.
The claim came on Monday during cross-examination of the case’s investigating officer Md Alamgir at the International Crimes Tribunal-1.
Alamgir, however, denied the allegation.
Amir, who is representing former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan as state-appointed counsel, began the cross-examination before the three-member tribunal.
The tribunal was led by Justice Golam Mortuza Mozumder, with Justices Shofiul Alam Mahmood and Mohitul Haque Enam Chowdhury as members. The cross-examination will continue on Tuesday.
Among the three suspects in the case, former IGP Mamun has given a statement as a state approver.
Amir told Alamgir, “It is not true that he voluntarily gave his confessional statement, he was provoked by other investigators to make a statement in order to frame the suspects.”
In response, Alamgir said he gave his statement of his own accord.
The defence counsel also claimed that reports published in the daily Amar Desh newspaper were “false and hostile” towards Hasina, but Alamgir denied this.
When asked about media reports collected during the investigation, Alamgir said he gathered reports from different newspapers between Jul 15 and Aug 6, 2024, but did not speak to any newspaper authorities about them.
Amir argued that 54 Amar Desh reports were fabricated and that the newspaper’s then-editor, Mahmudur Rahman, had printed false news against Hasina out of “hostility”, since he had faced multiple cases during her administration.
The investigator rejected that claim as well.
Former police chief Mamun was present in court during the proceedings.
