Verdict in Chankharpul crimes against humanity case deferred to 26 Jan
The tribunal's investigation agency submitted a 90-page probe report on 20 April 2025.
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 today (20 January) refixed 26 January for delivering its judgment in the Chankharpul crimes against humanity case, as the verdict could not be readied within the scheduled time.
The three-member panel, headed by Justice Golam Mortuza Mozumder, set the new date at around 11:30am.
The tribunal had fixed today for the verdict on 24 December 2025, after the defence concluded its arguments. Earlier, on 14 July 2025, ICT-1 framed charges against eight accused in connection with the killings.
Keep updated, follow The Business Standard's Google news channel
The accused are: former Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner Habibur Rahman, former DMP joint commissioner Sudip Kumar Chakraborty, former additional deputy commissioner Shah Alam Mohammad Akhtarul Islam, former assistant commissioner of DMP's Ramna zone Mohammad Imrul, former inspector Md Arshad Hossain, constables Md Sujon, Imaj Hossain Emon, and Nasirul Islam.
The first four accused are yet to be arrested and are being tried in absentia.
The prosecution filed the formal charge against all eight accused on 25 May, marking the first formal charge filed at the ICT in cases arising from the July-August mass uprising.
The six victims-Shahriar Khan Anas, Sheikh Mahdi Hasan Zunayed, Md Yakub, Md Rakib Hawlader, Md Ismamul Haque, and Manik Miah-were killed in Chankharpul on 5 August 2024.
The tribunal's investigation agency submitted a 90-page probe report on 20 April 2025.
