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Published : 27 Oct 2024, 03:52 PM
The International Crimes Tribunal has 14 arrestees, including former ministers Anisul Huq, and Dipu Moni to be summoned to the court in connection with the cases filed over the massacre in July and August.
They are currently in jail after being arrested in connection with other cases.
The bench led by Justice Md Golam Martuja Majumdar issued the order on Sunday.
Chief Prosecutor Mohammed Tajul Islam and prosecutors, including Gazi Monawar Hussain Tamim and BM Sultan Mahmud, were present in the court.
The suspects now in jail include 10 ex-ministers Anisul Huq, Abdur Razzak, Golam Dastagir Gazi, Shahjahan Khan, Dipu Moni, Farook Khan, Kamal Ahmed Majumdar, Hasanul Haque Inu, Rashed Khan Menon and Zunaid Ahmed Palak.
The four others are former prime minister Hasina’s advisors Salman F Rahman, and Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, retired justice Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and former home secretary Jahangir Alam.
As the main ICT building was undergoing repairs, the tribunal began procedures at a temporary court at 12:30pm on Sunday.
Chief Prosecutor Tajul petitioned to bring the 14 suspects arrested in other cases to the tribunal over crimes against humanity. The tribunal ordered them to be presented before the court on Nov 18.
On Oct 17, the tribunal issued arrest warrants against Sheikh Hasina, Obaidul Quader and 44 others in separate cases over crimes against humanity during the massacre in July and August.
The suspects also included Hasina’s sister Sheikh Rehana, son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, cousin ex-MP Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, her nephews former DSCC mayor Fazle Nur Taposh and ex-Jubo league chairman Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash.
Warrants were also issued against ex-ministers Obaidul Quader, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, AKM Mozammel Haque, Anisul Huq, Dipu Moni and state ministers Mohammed A Arafat and Zunaid Ahmed Palak.
Others facing arrest warrants are Hasina’s former advisor Tarek Ahmed Siddique, ex-NTMC director general Ziaul Ahsan, former justice Manik, and former professor of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology Zafar Iqbal.
ARREST WARRANTS FOR 17 POLICE OFFICERS
The tribunal also issued arrest warrants for 17 high-ranking police officers, including former inspector general Al-Mamun and Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner Habibur Rahman, in connection with the mass killings during the July-August movement.
Chief Prosecutor Tajul had previously filed a petition to summon them to the tribunal.
The other officers facing arrest warrants include Harunor Rahman, former chief of the DMP's Detective Branch, Biplob Kumar Sarkar, former joint commissioner of the DMP, Pralay Kumar Joarder, former additional IGP, Harun-Ar-Rashid, former director general of RAB, and Monirul Islam, former additional inspector general of police.
