ICT orders completion of probe against ex-IGP Mamun, 7 others in a month
Arrest warrants were issued against 17 former police officers in a case of crimes against humanity and those who are arrested will be brought to the tribunal
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has ordered its investigation agency to submit reports within one month in the cases filed against eight accused, including former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun and Former director general of the National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre (NTMC) Major General (retd) Ziaul Ahsan.
The accused include former Jatrabari Police Station OC Abul Hasan, former superintendent of Dhaka police Md Abdullah Al Kafi, former DC (Mirpur) Md Jasim Uddin Mollah, former additional superintendent (Savar Circle) Md Shahidur Islam, former OC of Gulshan Police Station Md Mazharul Haque and former Detective Branch inspector Md Arafat Hossain.
The cases were filed over killings and crimes committed against humanity committed during the July-August mass uprising.
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The three-member tribunal, led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Majumder, passed the order, said tribunal's chief prosecutor Advocate Md Tajul Islam.
The court ordered keeping the eight accused in jail until the submission of the investigation reports, the chief prosecutor said.
Earlier in the morning, the eight accused were produced before the ICT in connection with killings during the July-August mass uprising.
Advocate Tajul Islam said the accused were brought before the tribunal today after being shown arrested in cases related to crimes against humanity.
All of them are currently behind bars in connection with other cases.
On 27 October, the ICT ordered the 14 accused to be produced before it on 18 November.
Thirteen people, including nine former ministers of the ousted Awami League government, were subsequently presented in court. But, former agriculture minister Dr Abdur Razzaque could not be brought before the tribunal due to his illness.
Besides, the court had directed that former IGP Abdullah Al Mamun, former army officer Ziaul Ahsan, and the other aforementioned police officials be presented on 20 November, as per schedule.
