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ICT probe body reconstituted with appointment of 10 members

The government has reconstituted the probe body of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) with the appointment of 10 members to carry out investigation into the crimes against humanity. The Ministry of Home Affairs today issued a gazette notification to this end, BSS reports.&nbs

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ICT probe body reconstituted with appointment of 10 members
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Published :
Sep 18, 2024 20:30
Updated :
Sep 18, 2024 20:30

The government has reconstituted the probe body of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) with the appointment of 10 members to carry out investigation into the crimes against humanity.

The Ministry of Home Affairs today issued a gazette notification to this end, BSS reports.

The appointments have been given exercising the power bestowed upon them under section 8(1) of the International Crimes Tribunal (Tribunals) Act, 1973, with the President’s permission. The body will investigate the crimes described under section 3 of the ICT Act.

The appointees are: additional deputy inspector general (Addl DIG-retd) Md Mazharul Haque, police super (retd) Muhammad Shahidullah Chowdhury, additional police super of anti-terrorism unit Md Alamgir, additional police super, PBI (Police Bureau of Investigation), Headquarters, Md Monirul Islam, additional police super, Special Branch, Dhaka, Md Jane Alam Khan, assistant police super, traffic and driving school, Dhaka, Syed Abdur Rouf, police inspector (unarmed), Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Dhaka Metro, Md Yunus, police inspector (unarmed), Charghat Model Police Station, Rajshahi, Md Masud Parvez, police inspector (unarmed) RRF, Dhaka, Muhammad Alamgir Sarker and police inspector (unarmed), CID, Dhaka metro (north) Md Mashiur Rahman.

The officials of the ICT probe body have been entrusted with conducting probe and extending cooperation to the tribunal’s prosecution team to hold trials under the ICT Act, 1973, the circular said.

The retired officers of the probe body will remain in their posts for the next two years since their joining while officers in deputation will hold their posts until further order, it added.​

 

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Govt cancels appointment of Rajuk chairman

The government has cancelled the contractual appointment of Major General (retd) Md Siddiqur Rahman, the chairman of the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha (Rajuk)

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Govt cancels appointment of Rajuk chairman

The government has cancelled the contractual appointment of Major General (retd) Md Siddiqur Rahman, the chairman of the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha (Rajuk).

The information was announced tonight in a notification signed by Nilufa Yasmin, senior assistant secretary of the Ministry of Public Administration.

The notification said as per Article 8 of the contract signed between the government and Major General (retd) Md Siddiqur Rahman, his contractual appointment as the Chairman of the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha (Rajuk) has been terminated effective immediately.

The order will come into effect immediately in the public interest, the notification added.​

 

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Former planning minister MA Mannan arrested

Police detained former planning minister MA Mannan from his home in Sunamganj district on Thursday night in connection with attack on protesters during mass upsurge led by students in August.

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Former planning minister MA Mannan arrested
Staff Correspondent 20 September, 2024, 04:53

MA Mannan | New Age File Photo

Police detained former planning minister MA Mannan from his home in Sunamganj district on Thursday night in connection with attack on protesters during mass upsurge led by students in August.

Sunamganj police superintendent AFM Anwar Hossain Khan told journalists that MA Mannan, also a former lawmaker and Awami League leader, was arrested from his house in the Shantiganj area at around 10pm.

He stated that the former minister was named in a case filed by one Hafiz Ahmed on September 2, following an attack on protesting students in Sunamganj on August 4.

Mannan is one of 99 people accused in the case.​

 

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AL presidium member Kazi Zafarullah sent to jail

A Dhaka court today sent Awami League presidium member Kazi Zafarullah to jail in a case filed over the murder of a Jubo Dal leader, Shamim Mia, in the city’s Paltan area on October 28, last year

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AL presidium member Kazi Zafarullah sent to jail

A Dhaka court today sent Awami League presidium member Kazi Zafarullah to jail in a case filed over the murder of a Jubo Dal leader, Shamim Mia, in the city's Paltan area on October 28, last year.

Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sanaullah passed the order after police produced him before the court, said a court staffer.

On September 19, Zafarullah was arrested from Gulshan area.

On September 14, Abbas Ali, a former member of JCD central committee, filed the murder case with Paltan Model Police Station against 704 people, including most AL top leaders and several police officials, and 12,000 unnamed persons.​

 

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Case over shooting Ctg student: Hasina, Quader, 6 journos, among 1,935 sued

Tafhimul Islam, 26, a fourth-year student of Islamic studies of Chittagong University, who was injured during the incident, filed the case with Kotwali Police Station naming 735 leaders and activists of AL, Jubo League, BCL men, and 1,200 unidentified accused

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Case over shooting Ctg student: Hasina, Quader, 6 journos, among 1,935 sued

Sheikh Hasina, left, and Obaidul Quader

Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, and six Chattogram-based journalists were among 1,935 people accused in a case filed over shooting and injuring a student by opening fire during the anti-discrimination student movement on August 4.

Tafhimul Islam, 26, a fourth-year student of Islamic studies of Chittagong University, who was injured during the incident, filed the case with Kotwali Police Station naming 735 leaders and activists of AL, Jubo League, BCL men, and 1,200 unidentified accused.

The other accused include former road transport and bridges minister Quader, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, former foreign minister Hasan Mahmud, former Chattogram mayor Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, Chattogram Metropolitan Awami League President Mahatab Uddin Chowdhury, General Secretary AJM Nasir Uddin, Chattogram South District Awami League President Motaerul Islam Chowdhury, and General Secretary Mofizur Rahman.

Apart from that, former lawmakers MA Latif, Mohiuddin Bachchu, Noman Al Mahmud, Abu Reza Md Nezamuddin Nadwi, Nazibul Bashar Maizbhandari, and former chairman of Chattogram District Council ATM Payarul Islam were also sued in the case.

The six accused journalists are: Reaz Haider Chowdhury of Bangladesh Pratidin, Samresh Baidya of Bhorer Kagoj, bureau in-charge of Daily Kalbela Saidul Islam, Subal Barua of Pratidiner Bangladesh, Partha Pratim Biswas of Somoy Television, and Nayan Barua Joy of News24 Television.

According to the case statement, under the direction of AL high-command and local leaders, other accused carried out attacks on students and the public who took part in the protests on August 4.

The attackers used firearms, crude bombs, machetes, hockey sticks, and large knives against the unarmed demonstrators. The attackers indiscriminately fired bullets targeting the students and the protesters, it said.

During the shooting, Tafhimul, the plaintiff, was shot and had an exit wound on his right wrist. His classmates rescued him and took him to National Hospital Chattogram for treatment. Later, he was admitted to Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH).

Kotwali Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Fazlul Kader Chowdhury said police recorded the case and will investigate the matter as per law.​

 

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Bangladesh ex-army chief Aziz Ahmed’s brothers’ NIDs revoked

The election commission cancelled four National Identity cards, belonging to Haris Ahmed and Tofail Ahmed, also known as Joseph, two brothers of former army chief general Aziz Ahmed.

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Bangladesh ex-army chief Aziz Ahmed’s brothers’ NIDs revoked
Staff Correspondent 24 September, 2024, 18:07

From left, Haris Ahmed, Tofail Ahmed. | UNB/ Collected photo

The election commission cancelled four National Identity cards, belonging to Haris Ahmed and Tofail Ahmed, also known as Joseph, two brothers of former army chief general Aziz Ahmed.

Shariful Islam, public relations officer of the commission, confirmed the matter on Tuesday saying that Aziz’s two brothers would no longer be able to access any NID-related services in the country.

Recent media reports suggested that Haris used the alias Mohammad Hasan to obtain an NID card, falsely listing Suleman Sarkar and Rahela Begum as his parents.

Additionally, he changed his photo on his NID card in 2019, with the recommendation for the change coming from his brother Aziz Ahmed when he was the army chief.

Tofael Ahmed, alias Joseph, possessed two NID cards—one under his actual name with parents listed as Abdul Wadud and Renuja Begum, and another under the name Tanvir Ahmed Tanjeel, with different parent names.

This development came after the United States had imposed sanctions on Aziz Ahmed and his immediate family members on May 21, citing his alleged involvement in serious corruption.

Aziz served as the chief of army staff from June 2018 to June 2021 and also led the Border Guard Bangladesh from 2012 to 2016.

Aziz, the eldest among five brothers, had siblings who made headlines for grave criminal activities of murder, extortion and illegal possession of firearms during the 1990s and 2000s.

Joseph, in particular, was implicated in ten cases related to extortion and illegal firearms possession.

In 2004, Joseph was sentenced to death, while Haris and another brother, Anis, received life imprisonment in a murder case.

The spotlight intensified on Aziz Ahmed when Joseph was granted clemency in the murder case in 2018, followed by similar actions for Haris and Anis in 2019.

An Al-Jazeera documentary ‘All the prime minister’s men,’ aired on February 1, 2021, alleged that Aziz misused his influence to secure contracts for his convicted brothers.

Both the army headquarters and foreign ministry, however, dismissed these allegations as false and defamatory.

The Anti-Corruption Commission recently started an inquiry against the former army chief Aziz Ahmed over allegations of amassing illegal wealth through corruption.​

 

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Hasina, Quader sued in another murder case

Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 111 others have been sued over the death of a teenager, Ontor, in Dhaka’s Jatrabari area during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement on August 5

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Hasina, Quader sued in another murder case

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Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and 111 others have been sued over the death of a teenager, Ontor, in Dhaka's Jatrabari area during the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement on August 5.

Ontor's maternal aunt Khuku Moni filed a case with Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shaheen Reza today.

Upon hearing the complaint, the magistrate asked the Jatrabari police station to register the complaint as a case after scrutinising whether any general diary (GD) had been filed earlier with the police station in this regard.

Former road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, former law minister Anisul Huq, former inspector general of police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun, former DMP commissioner Habibur Rahman, former deputy commissioner of Dhaka Anisur Rahman, former detective branch (DB) chief Harun-Ur-Rashid and former joint commissioner of police Biplab Kumar Sarker are among the accused.​

 

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Four more cases filed against Hasina, aides

Four more cases — three cases on murder charges and one for attempt to murder — were filed against ousted prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina, raising the...

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Four more cases filed against Hasina, aides
Staff Correspondent 26 September, 2024, 21:04

Sheikh Hasina | Collected photo

Four more cases — three cases on murder charges and one for attempt to murder — were filed against ousted prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina, raising the number of cases against her to over 200 on Thursday.

Besides, an attempt to murder case was registered in Dhaka on the day against 66 persons, including Bangladesh Chhatra League president Saddam Hossain, over an attack on the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal leaders in 2022.

The cases against Hasina were filed in connection with the firing of three people in Ashulia, Badda and Jatrabari during the anti-quota student movement.

A case was filed against 121 people including Hasina for killing Touhidur Rahman during the movement at Ashulia on August 5, the day Hasina resigned and fled to India amid student-led mass uprising.

Zahid Hasan filed the case with the Dhaka Judicial Magistrate Rabeya Begum’s court. The court directed the Ashulia police to take the complaint as First Information Report.

Former ministers Obaidul Quader, Asaduzzaman Khan, Anisul Huq, Jahangir Kabir Nanak, former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun, police officers Abdullah Heel Kafi and Arafat Hossain were also made accused in the case.

A case was filed against 45 persons including Hasina over killing of certain Dulal Sarder in front of BRAC University at Badda on July 18.

Obaidul Quader, Asaduzzaman Khan, former state minister for information and broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat, among others, were accused in the case.

Another case was lodged against 237 persons including Hasina allegedly for shooting Abdul Hannan to death in Jatrabari area on August 5, Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha reported.

Obaidul Quader, Asaduzzaman Khan, former AL lawmaker AKM Shamim Osman, former independent lawmaker Moshiur Rahman Molla Sajal and Rajibul Islam Rajib are also accused in the case.

An attempt to murder case was filed against 61 people, including Hasina, Obaidul Quader, Asaduzzaman Khan and Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun for allegedly attacking students and Md Abdul Kalam with intent to murder in Ashulia on August 5.

Victim Abdul Kalam filed the case with Dhaka Judicial Magistrate Rabeya Begum’s court. The court directed Ashulia police station to take the case as an FIR.

Meanwhile, an attempt to murder case was registered with a Dhaka court on Thursday against 66 persons, including Saddam Hossain, over an attack on the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal leaders in 2022.

JCD joint general secretary Ariful Islam filed the case with the court of the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Akhteruzzaman.

The court asked Shahbagh Police Station to lodge the complaint as the First Information Report.

The other key accused in the case are Dhaka University’s former proctor Golam Rabbani, former president of BCL Al Nahian Khan Joy, its former general secretary Lekhok Bhattacharjee, BCL former leaders Sanjid Chandra Das, Riazul Islam, Monem Shahriar Hasan Moon, Samiuzzaman Sami and others.

According to the case statement, JCD central leaders came under attack in front of Sir F Rahman Hall of the Dhaka University on September 27 in 2022 allegedly by BCL men while they were going to meet the then DU VC.

Several JCD leaders, including the complainant Ariful Islam, were injured in the attack.​