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Enforced disappearances: Bodies were disposed of near rail tracks, in rivers, witness tells ICT-1
The witness said a group of men picked him up, handcuffed and blindfolded, from his Nilphamari home on April 13, 2016
Enforced disappearances: Bodies were disposed of near rail tracks, in rivers, witness tells ICT-1
The witness said a group of men picked him up, handcuffed and blindfolded, from his Nilphamari home on April 13, 2016
Star Online Report
A prosecution witness today told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 that the bodies of victims of enforced disappearance were disposed of near railway tracks and in rivers.
He cited an interrogator as saying during his detention at a secret facility, where he was also threatened to death.
Nur-e-Alam, a former Chhatra Dal leader from Nilphamari, made the allegations while testifying in a case over the enforced disappearance and illegal confinement of 24 people at the Joint Interrogation Cell (JIC), operated by the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) during the Awami League regime.
Out of the 13 accused -- Maj Gen Sheikh Md Sarwar Hossain and Brigadier Generals Md Mahbub Rahman Siddique and Ahmed Tanvir Majahar Siddique -- were in the dock during the proceedings. Other accused, including deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, are absconding.
The witness said a group of men picked him up, handcuffed and blindfolded, from his Nilphamari home on April 13, 2016, in a microbus, and later held in a small cell and repeatedly interrogated about his BNP links and social media posts criticising the AL government and India.
During one interrogation, an unidentified official allegedly told him, “The bodies found beside railway tracks, rivers and in sacks -- we do it…,” before beating him up and forcing him to write details about his education, family and political associates.
Alam also alleged that a female interrogator tied his hands, suspended him from a hook and beat him from the waist down.
He said he spent 14-15 days in one cell he believed to be around Dhaka Cantonment before being moved to another facility, where he was kept for around 40 days. Despite suffering injuries and illness, he received no medical treatment.
On his cell walls, he saw writings including pleas for rescue, dates and phone numbers.
Meanwhile, in a crimes against humanity case against former MP Shamim Osman and 11 others, garment truck driver Samrat Hossain, 33, told the ICT-1 that he lost vision in his right eye after being shot during the July uprising at Chashara in Narayanganj on July 19.
Testifying in the case, Samrat said around 40 pellets were lodged in his body, including in his eyes, head and other parts, as Shamim, his son Ayon, nephew Azmeri, and Chhatra League and Jubo League activists opened fire on protesters.
He also said he later had to undergo five surgeries and treatment at two Dhaka hospitals.
“I cannot see with my right eye, and have difficulty seeing with my left eye,” he told ICT-1.
He added that doctors said vision in his right eye will not return and may deteriorate further.
The witness said a group of men picked him up, handcuffed and blindfolded, from his Nilphamari home on April 13, 2016
Star Online Report
A prosecution witness today told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 that the bodies of victims of enforced disappearance were disposed of near railway tracks and in rivers.
He cited an interrogator as saying during his detention at a secret facility, where he was also threatened to death.
Nur-e-Alam, a former Chhatra Dal leader from Nilphamari, made the allegations while testifying in a case over the enforced disappearance and illegal confinement of 24 people at the Joint Interrogation Cell (JIC), operated by the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) during the Awami League regime.
Out of the 13 accused -- Maj Gen Sheikh Md Sarwar Hossain and Brigadier Generals Md Mahbub Rahman Siddique and Ahmed Tanvir Majahar Siddique -- were in the dock during the proceedings. Other accused, including deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, are absconding.
The witness said a group of men picked him up, handcuffed and blindfolded, from his Nilphamari home on April 13, 2016, in a microbus, and later held in a small cell and repeatedly interrogated about his BNP links and social media posts criticising the AL government and India.
During one interrogation, an unidentified official allegedly told him, “The bodies found beside railway tracks, rivers and in sacks -- we do it…,” before beating him up and forcing him to write details about his education, family and political associates.
Alam also alleged that a female interrogator tied his hands, suspended him from a hook and beat him from the waist down.
He said he spent 14-15 days in one cell he believed to be around Dhaka Cantonment before being moved to another facility, where he was kept for around 40 days. Despite suffering injuries and illness, he received no medical treatment.
On his cell walls, he saw writings including pleas for rescue, dates and phone numbers.
Meanwhile, in a crimes against humanity case against former MP Shamim Osman and 11 others, garment truck driver Samrat Hossain, 33, told the ICT-1 that he lost vision in his right eye after being shot during the July uprising at Chashara in Narayanganj on July 19.
Testifying in the case, Samrat said around 40 pellets were lodged in his body, including in his eyes, head and other parts, as Shamim, his son Ayon, nephew Azmeri, and Chhatra League and Jubo League activists opened fire on protesters.
He also said he later had to undergo five surgeries and treatment at two Dhaka hospitals.
“I cannot see with my right eye, and have difficulty seeing with my left eye,” he told ICT-1.
He added that doctors said vision in his right eye will not return and may deteriorate further.
