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Published : 08 Sep 2025, 10:32 PM
A witness has told a tribunal that police abducted the body of a man in Gazipur after shooting him dead during the July movement’s “March to Dhaka” programme.
Mohammad Sohel Mahmud, a resident of Gazipur’s Kashimpur appeared before the International Crimes Tribunal-1, on Monday to testify.
The trial relates to crimes against humanity charges against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, and ex-IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun.
The three-member bench was led by tribunal Chairman Justice Golam Mortuza Mozumder.
Describing what he saw, Sohel said: “The rickshaw garage is next to my house. From the roof I saw several policemen take a man from the garage and move him to a graveyard in front of my house. They shot him there. He died on the spot. Police then took the body towards the station.”
He identified one of the officers as “OC Ashraf”, and noted that a Detective Branch assistant sub-inspector was present, though he could not tell the officer’s name.
“Later I learned that the person who fired was Constable Akram. The man who was shot was named Hridoy. The next morning, I heard police had disappeared with the body,” he added.
Sohel, the 38th witness in the case, told the tribunal that he holds Hasina, Asaduzzaman, other ministers, local police, and members of the Awami League responsible for the killing, and demanded a proper trial.
