[🇧🇩] The International Crimes Tribunal-1----Charging Hasina and her accomplices

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ICT orders arrest of Ex-IGP Javed, 4 others

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Monday issued arrest warrants for five people, including former inspector general of police Mohammad Javed Patwary, over the enforced disappearance and staged killing of seven youths on allegedly suspecting them as extremists in Gazipur in October 2016...

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GAZIPUR 7 MURDERS
ICT orders arrest of Ex-IGP Javed, 4 others
Staff Correspondent 18 August, 2025, 16:40

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Monday issued arrest warrants for five people, including former inspector general of police Mohammad Javed Patwary, over the enforced disappearance and staged killing of seven youths on allegedly suspecting them as extremists in Gazipur in October 2016.

Then additional inspector general of police Mohammad Javed Patwary was the chief of the Special Branch in October 2016 and was promoted to IGP in 2018.

The tribunal, comprising Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder as the head and Justice Md Shofiul Alam Mahmud and retired district judge Md Mohitul Hoque Anam Chawdhury as the members, also directed immediately arresting and producing the former IGP and other accused at the tribunal.

The arrest orders came after an application by prosecutor Gazi Monwar Hossain Tamim, who is handling the cases related to the crimes against humanity.

Tamim did not publicly name all the accused but confirmed that they were involved in arresting the youths from their home towns and killing them in Gazipur.

According to the prosecution, the victims —madrassah students and religious-minded youths — were detained by law enforcement agencies from different parts of the country in October 2016.

They were allegedly kept locked in a rented two-storey house in Gazipur.

Later, they were shot dead in a staged anti-terror raid and were falsely labelled as members of the banned militant group Neo-JMB -- responsible for the Gulshan café attack on July 1, 2016.

Tamim said that the so-called operation was jointly conducted by the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit and a SWAT team of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police.

The police had posted photos of the seven bodies on their official Facebook page, asking the public for help in identifying them.

Following the post, Azimuddin, father of victim Ibrahim, recognised his son and contacted Gazipur’s police superintendent Harun-or-Rashid.

Azimuddin told the tribunal in a complaint in August 2024 that Ibrahim, a student of Tamirul Millat Madrassah at Jatrabari in Dhaka, had left home on August 8, 2016 to offer prayers and never returned.

A general diary was filed the next day with the Bangshal police station in Old Dhaka.

Another slain youth was later identified as Saiful Islam Babul, hailing from Chhatak, Sylhet.

The police earlier claimed that the youths were with Neo-JMB leader Faridul Islam Akash, who was also killed in the same raid.

Separately, the Sirajganj police confirmed that Akash was the 25-year-old son of Abu Sayed of Kazipur upazila, who had been missing for over a year.​

 

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Tension rises amid more arson, crude bomb attacks

Tensions ran high in the capital as security forces tightened security measures ahead of AL's planned "Dhaka Lockdown" programme

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Tension rises amid more arson, crude bomb attacks
Troops, checkpoints blanket Dhaka

A bus burning in Jatrabari.

Tensions ran high in the capital yesterday as security forces tightened security measures ahead of the Awami League's planned "Dhaka Lockdown" programme.

The heightened alert came as the International Crimes Tribunal-1 is set to fix the date today for delivering its verdict in a case against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina on charges of crimes against humanity.

The city has witnessed a spate of arson and crude bomb attacks in recent days, spreading panic among residents amid the latest political flare-up since the fall of the AL government on August 5 last year.

Law enforcers said they have blanketed Dhaka with tight security. More check-posts sprang up across the city yesterday, with police and other forces searching vehicles and pedestrians. Police personnel have been deployed in front of nearly all major establishments in the city.

Apart from the police and army, members of the Border Guard Bangladesh have been deployed in Dhaka, Gazipur, and Narayanganj.

Political parties and student platforms yesterday vowed to foil any attempt by the AL and its affiliated bodies to destabilise the situation. They announced rallies in Dhaka and major divisional cities, pledging to resist any move toward the reemergence of the AL, which remains banned from political activities.

Meanwhile, the International Crimes Tribunal-1, headed by Justice Golam Mortuza Mozumder, is expected to announce the verdict date against Hasina today. Her co-accused are former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan and former inspector general of police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun.

Her trial in absentia, which began on June 1, heard months of testimony alleging she ordered mass killings. Prosecutors have filed five charges, including failure to prevent murder, amounting to crimes against humanity under Bangladeshi law. They have sought the death penalty if she is found guilty.

Hasina has denied all the charges and called her trial a "jurisprudential joke".

During the trial, the former IGP admitted his guilt and became a state witness, the first such instance since the tribunal's formation in 2010.

Asked during a media briefing on Tuesday if the recent attacks would affect the trial process, prosecutor Mizanul Islam said, "I do not think so. But I can say that what they are doing is to create obstacles."

ARSON, CRUDE BOMB EXPLOSIONS

Despite the heightened security, several arson and crude bomb attacks were reported in Dhaka, Gazipur, and Brahmanbaria yesterday.

In Brahmanbaria, unidentified miscreants set fire to a single-storey Grameen Bank branch in Bijoynagar upazila around 2:00am. The fire burned furniture and important documents, Md Kalim Uddin, the branch manager, told The Daily Star.

Meanwhile, arson targeting vehicles continued in and around the capital. An Alif Paribahan bus was set on fire in Ashulia's Sarkar Market area around 4:30am, said Ashulia Police Station OC Abdul Hannan.

Shortly after, at 4:50am, a Banasree Paribahan bus was torched in the Beraider Chala area of Gazipur's Sreepur, according to fire service. This was followed by an attack at 5:10am on a VIP Paribahan bus in the Bhogra Bypass area of Gazipur. Later, a microbus was set on fire on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Uttara around 7:10am, said fire service duty officer Rozina Akter.

The attacks continued into the afternoon. A bus of Shatabdi Paribahan was set on fire in front of Mirpur New Market around 1:45pm, confirmed Shah Ali Police Station OC Mohammad Golam Azam. Around 6:40pm, a local bus was torched in Dholaipar.

Around 9:30pm, miscreants set fire to a train coach in Dhaka's Tejgaon. Locals caught two individuals -- Morshed, 40, and Zakir, 25, -- and handed them over to police, said acting OC Zainal Abedin of Dhaka Railway Police.

The fire was brought under control before the fire service arrived at the scene, he said, adding that the train was stationary at Tejgaon Railway Station when the incident occurred.

Around the same time, a crude bomb exploded at Harun Mollah Ground in Pallabi while a documentary on the "fascist regime" was being screened. No one was injured in the attack.

Another crude bomb blast was reported in front of Fortune Shopping Mall in the Mouchak area, police said.

Meanwhile, two incidents of crude bomb explosion near the TSC area of Dhaka University injured at least three people. The incidents caused panic in the area and disrupted a documentary screening.

DU Proctor Saifuddin Ahmed said two female residents of Ruqayyah Hall were slightly injured in one of the blasts. An official of the Madrasa Education Department, Jahangir Alam Chakladar, also sustained injuries.

In a separate incident in the same area, a cocktail explosion damaged a motorcycle.

A tea stall owner near the scene said explosives were hurled from across the road near Suhrawardy Udyan. Eyewitnesses reported that two cocktails were thrown from inside the park.

ARRESTS, BOMB RECOVERIES

Meanwhile, several arrests were made yesterday.

The DMP, in a press release yesterday morning, said that its Detective Branch had arrested 44 members of AL from different areas of the capital in the preceding 24 hours.

In Narayanganj, police arrested at least 29 leaders and activists of AL and its affiliated bodies during special drives from midnight Tuesday to yesterday evening, said Additional Superintendent of Police (Crime) Tarek Al Mehedi.

Separately, police arrested three people with "a large quantity" of crude bombs, petrol bombs, and bomb-making materials from a house in Bhanga upazila, said Bhanga Police Station OC Mohammad Ashraf Hossain.

Meanwhile, Rab recovered six petrol bombs and four crude bombs from the Rayerbazar Graveyard in Mohammadpur in the evening. According to a Rab-2 press release, no arrests had been made in connection with the recovery.​

 

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JULY ATROCITIES: ICT verdict in Hasina case November 17
M Moneruzzaman 13 November, 2025, 12:16

Army personnel stand guard in front of an armoured personnel carrier on the Supreme Court premises as the government tightens security in the capital on Thursday when the ICT sets November 17 for delivering verdict in a case against deposed Sheikh Hasina and her cohorts. | Sony Ramani

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Thursday set November 17 to deliver its verdict in the crimes against humanity case against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, and former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun.

The trio faced the trial in the case for their alleged superior command responsibility in committing atrocities against the protesters during the July uprising that ousted the Hasina-led Awami League regime on August 5, 2024. The atrocities left at least 1,500 people dead and more than 25,000 injured across the country.

‘We have decided to deliver the verdict on Monday,’ the three-member tribunal chairman, Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, announced after consulting with his two colleagues for a few seconds after taking their seats at around noon.

Two other members of the tribunal are Justice Md Shofiul Alam Mahmood and retired district and sessions judge Md Mohitul Hoque Anam Chawdhury.

The verdict date was announced amid tight security measures surrounding the tribunal, with heavy deployment of the members of the army, the Border Guard Bangladesh, and the police, along with armoured vehicles, since Wednesday night.

The lone detained accused, Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun, was in the dock. He has turned a state evidence.

Hasina and Asaduzzaman are still absconding and faced the trial in absentia. They are now staying in India.

Before the announcement of the date, chief prosecutor Muhammad Tajul Islam congratulated Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder and Justice Md Shafiqul Alam Mahmood as they were regularised as High Court judges a day ago.

Present in the courtroom were the chief prosecutor, other prosecutors, Mamun’s defence counsel Zayed Bin Amjad, Hasina and Asaduzzaman’s state-appointed lawyer Amir Hossain and his two juniors, and tribunal staff.

The proceeding lasted only a few seconds.

The verdict date was announced amid low public movement in the capital amid heightened tension, as crude bombs exploded, vehicles were set on fire, and flash processions of the Awami League and its supporters were brought out in Dhaka and elsewhere in the country until early Thursday.

The untoward incidents occurred after the Awami League had announced on social media to enforce a ‘Dhaka Lockdown’ for Thursday, the day the tribunal was scheduled to announce the verdict date in the case against Hasina, Asaduzzaman and Mamun.

This will be the first verdict in a case of crimes against humanity linked to the July uprising atrocities.

Tribunal chief prosecutor Muhammad Tajul Islam later told reporters that the prosecution had promised to bring to justice all those, no matter how powerful, who committed crimes against humanity.

‘We believe that the accused will finally face the justice they deserve,’ he said.

Tajul hoped that the judges would deliver justice to a long-waiting and justice-thirsty nation by exercising their prudence.

‘We expect exemplary punishment for ensuring justice for the July uprising victims and their families, and to prevent such crimes in the future,’ he added.

He said that the trial was conducted transparently, with live evidence broadcast for the first time in the country’s judicial history.

The three accused face charges of abetment, conspiracy, incitement, complicity, and failure to prevent crimes such as murder, attempted murder, torture, and other inhuman acts committed during the uprising.

The prosecution did not seek punishment for former IGP Mamun, who testified as state evidence, and left his fate to the tribunal.

State-appointed defence counsel Amir Hossain sought acquittal for Hasina and Asaduzzaman, arguing that the prosecution failed to prove the case against his clients.

On May 12, the ICT Investigation Agency submitted its probe report to the chief prosecutor’s office.

The chief prosecutor pressed the charges before the tribunal on June 1.

On July 10, the tribunal took cognisance of five charges against the accused.

The trial began on August 3 and concluded on October 23.

A total of 54 witnesses testified to prove the charges.

The first charge accused the trio of inciting the July violence. Hasina allegedly provoked attacks on protesters by calling them ‘sons and grandchildren of Razakars’ on July 14, 2024.

The second charge links to an order for lethal action as she allegedly instructed the DU vice-chancellor and law enforcement agencies to ‘hang or kill’ protesters and directed the use of live fire and drones against them.

The third charge is linked to the killing of Abu Sayeed. The accused allegedly ordered police and ruling party activists to open fire on unarmed protesters at Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, killing student leader Abu Sayeed on July 16, 2024.

The fourth charge is connected to killings during the March to Dhaka programme. Six unarmed protesters were allegedly killed during the ‘March to Dhaka’ on August 5, 2024.

The fifth charge is linked to an arson attack on protesters at Ashulia. Five protesters were allegedly burned alive near Ashulia Police Station the same day, with another injured protester thrown into the fire.

On July 2, the tribunal sentenced Hasina to six months in jail for contempt of court over a leaked phone call, made while in India, in which she said, ‘I have had 227 cases filed against me, so I have a licence to kill 227 people.’​

 

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Nation on alert as ICT set to deliver verdict in Hasina’s case

Security has been tightened across the country, particularly in and around the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Dhaka, ahead of Monday’s verdict in a high-profile case of crimes against humanity. The tribunal is set to deliver its judgement on cases against former Prime Minister Sheikh

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Nation on alert as ICT set to deliver verdict in Hasina’s case
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Nov 16, 2025 21:31

Security has been tightened across the country, particularly in and around the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Dhaka, ahead of Monday’s verdict in a high-profile case of crimes against humanity.

The tribunal is set to deliver its judgement on cases against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and two others, who stand accused of crimes against humanity committed during last year’s July-August uprising.

The verdict will be delivered amid fresh tensions as a series of arson and crude bomb attacks were reported in Dhaka, Savar, Kushtia, Gazipur and other parts of the country.

Awami League, whose activities remain banned in Bangladesh, called for a ‘complete shutdown’ on Sunday and Monday in protest citing several demands including the cancellation of the tribunal’s proceedings.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has been deployed in Dhaka, Gopalganj, Faridpur and Madaripur districts to ensure overall security and maintain law and order.

Two other accused in the case are former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan and former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun. Mamun testified as a state witness.

The prosecution has claimed all five charges against Hasina and other accused have been proven and sought the maximum punishment.

In a press briefing on November 13, Chief Prosecutor Md Tajul Islam said they have appealed to the court for the highest penalty.

On the other hand, state-appointed lawyer Md Amir Hossain has sought acquittal for both Hasina and Asaduzzaman Khan, while Mamun’s lawyer Zayed Bin Amjad has also sought his acquittal.

Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Sunday said whatever verdict the tribunal delivers in case against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday will be executed and people will accept it.

Law enforcement agencies are fully prepared to prevent any untoward incident centering the verdict, he said.

Bangladesh Television (BTV) will broadcast the verdict live.

The live verdict will be shown via giant screen at 10 spots of the Dhaka, said MH Tamim, a prosecutor of the ICT.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday urged people and political parties to resist the ‘vested quarter’ that, he alleged, is trying to create anarchy ahead of Monday’s verdict in the case filed against ‘fascist Sheikh Hasina for committing genocide’.

“The verdict in the trial over the genocide committed by fascist Hasina will be delivered tomorrow (Monday). Extreme uncertainty and fear are now prevailing across the entire country because of this,” Fakhrul said at a discussion in Dhaka.

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in its report on February 12 said Bangladesh’s previous government and security and intelligence services, alongside violent elements associated with the Awami League, systematically engaged in a range of serious human rights violations during last year’s student-led protests.

Based on deaths reported by various credible sources, the report estimates that as many as 1,400 people may have been killed between 15 July and 5 August, and thousands were injured, the vast majority of whom were shot by Bangladesh’s security forces. it said.

Initially, Sheikh Hasina was the sole accused in the case.

On March 16 this year, the prosecution appealed to include former IGP Mamun as an accused alongside Sheikh Hasina and the tribunal approved it.

After the Awami League government was toppled on August 5, 2024, the ICT was reconstituted.

The first case in the reconstituted tribunal concerned alleged crimes against humanity during the July uprising, with Sheikh Hasina as the accused.

The tribunal conducted its first hearing on October 17 last year, issuing an arrest warrant against Hasina that day.

After extending the deadline several times, the tribunal’s investigation agency submitted its final probe report to the Chief Prosecutor’s Office on May 12 this year.

On June 1, the prosecution formally filed charges against Sheikh Hasina and the two accused.

The charges include inciting violence in a press conference at Ganabhaban on 14 July 2024, ordering the elimination of protestors using helicopters, drones, and lethal weapons, shooting death of student Abu Sayed at Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, killing of six protestors at Chankharpul, Dhaka and burning of six people to death in Ashulia.

The tribunal formally framed these charges on July 10.

Hasina and Asaduzzaman remain at large, while former IGP Mamun is the only arrested accused.

On the day the charges were framed, Mamun admitted his involvement in crimes against humanity during the uprising and applied to testify as a state witness.

Arguments in the case began on October 12 and concluded on October 23.

Relatives of victims, including the father of martyr Abu Sayed testified in the case, along with key witnesses including Nahid Islam, Convener of National Citizen Party (NCP) and Amar Desh editor Dr Mahmudur Rahman.

In total, 54 witnesses testified during the trial.​

 

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‘You could also be an accused’: Chief prosecutor-defence clash at ICT-1

Ziaul’s lawyer says interrogation rules were violated; Tajul denies all claims

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‘You could also be an accused’: Chief prosecutor-defence clash at ICT-1
Ziaul’s lawyer says interrogation rules were violated; Tajul denies all claims

Tajul Islam

A heated exchange took place at the International Crimes Tribunal-1 today when Chief Prosecutor Tajul Islam warned defence lawyer Nazneen Nahar, who represents Maj Gen (relieved) Ziaul Ahsan, that she could also face charges.

"You stay silent. Do not talk. You can also be an accused. We are getting allegations against you from different places," Tajul said to Nazneen during the hearing.

This happened after Nazneen told the tribunal that she had been blocked from attending her client's interrogation at a safe house, even though the law allows a lawyer to be present. "I was not informed, and I was not allowed in," she said.

Tribunal Chair Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder stepped in and reminded Tajul that Nazneen was appearing as a lawyer. But Tajul continued, saying that Ziaul -- who is accused of enforced disappearances -- had been involved in the "killings of around 1,000 people" and that he "dumped bodies in the Buriganga after cutting open their abdomens".

Nazneen then made several allegations against the investigators. She said the interrogation was "illegally" video-recorded, and that she was only allowed in during lunch breaks and then kept out again while the questioning continued.

She also said that Nabila Idris, a member of the Commission of Inquiry on Enforced Disappearances (CIED), questioned Ziaul even though the ICT Act does not allow this. Nazneen claimed Nabila threatened Ziaul by saying, "If you do not answer, your daughter will become an orphan."

Tajul strongly denied all these claims, calling them "blatant lies". The tribunal chair again told him to stay calm. Tajul argued that Nabila had the legal right to be present as part of CIED's fact-finding team and said video recording was needed "so that no one can falsely claim maltreatment."

When Nazneen filed a petition asking for a clear order that she must be informed and allowed to attend any future interrogation, Tajul said the petition should be rejected because it did not cite specific laws. He also claimed Nazneen was a family member of Ziaul and was "creating a lot of problems". He added that the prosecution would appeal to stop her from representing him.

Earlier, Nazneen asked the tribunal to direct jail authorities to let her get Ziaul's signature so a foreign lawyer could be appointed for his cases. Tajul opposed this, saying such steps require Bar Council approval.

When Nazneen argued she had been denied acc1ess to get the signatures, Tajul said, "You always shout. Your behaviour is offensive!"

Nazneen replied, "You are saying offensive things!"

Justice Mortuza said, "There's no need to get angry."

The tribunal allowed the process to go ahead, as long as legal procedures were followed.

Nazneen also asked the tribunal to order authorities to provide call records and SMS logs from two phone numbers used by Ziaul.

Tajul opposed this too, saying the investigation was still ongoing. The tribunal said releasing such information now could hamper the probe and told the defence to file these petitions after charges are framed.​