Mikel Changma files written complaint with ICT against Hasina, 9 others
Mikel was detained in a secret detention centre, known as 'Aynaghar.' He was freed after five years and four months.
United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) leader Mikel Changma, who was a victim of enforced disappearance during the Awami League regime, has filed a written complaint with the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and nine others for crimes against humanity.
The complaint was filed seeking justice at the ICT's chief prosecutor's Office today (30 December), Chief Prosecutor Tajul Islam told reporters.
Earlier, on 18 December, Mikel filed a verbal complaint with the ICT against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and the unidentified accused involved in his five-year disappearance.
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After making the verbal complaint on 18 December, Chief Prosecutor Mohammad Tajul Islam told reporters, "We have taken note of the complaint. We will start investigating soon."
During the complaint filing, Mikel was accompanied by photojournalist Shahidul Alam and his wife Professor Rehnuma Ahmed.
After filing the verbal complaint, Mikel told reporters, "At least seven to eight people in plain clothes forcibly took me from Kalyanpur in the capital. They blindfolded me and put me in a microbus. There was a walkie-talkie inside the car."
"First, they locked me in a room and later took me to two more rooms, where I was tortured. They interrogated me about why the road was blocked when Sheikh Hasina went to Khagrachari to participate in a rally in 2013," he added.
On 9 April 2019, Mikel became a victim of enforced disappearance while returning to Dhaka from Narayanganj after completing organisational work.
Amnesty International and other human rights activists expressed concern at that time, demanding that the government take action to find him. Despite a writ petition filed with the High Court, the previous government took no action for Mikel's rescue.
Mikel was detained in a secret detention centre, known as "Aynaghar." He was freed on 7 August this year after being held for over five years.
