ICT case filed against Hasina over 2013 attack on Hefazat-e-Islam rally
A complaint was filed with the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) today (20 August) accusing former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 23 others of committing crimes against humanity and genocide during the 2013 Hefazat-e-Islam rally at Motijheel's Shapla Chattar.
Mufti Harun Ijahar Chowdhury, Hefazat-e-Islam joint secretary general, filed the complaint with the ICT's investigation agency in Dhanmondi in the capital, his lawyer Gazi MH Tamim confirmed the matter to TBS.
Ataur Rahman, deputy director (admin) of the investigation agency told TBS that the complaint has been registered. "Further legal action will be taken after investigating the complaint, as per the law."
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The complaint mentioned incidents surrounding 5-6 May 2013 in various parts of the country, including Chattogram, Narayanganj, and Cumilla.
This is the fourth complaint filed with the investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal accusing Hasina.
The others were filed in connection with the recent violence centring the student-led mass uprising which led to the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government.
The other accused are Obaidul Quader, AL general secretary and former road transport and bridges minister; Reshed Khan Menon, former minister; Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, former mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation; Hasan Mahmud, former minister; Haji Selim, former lawmaker; Salman F Rahman, former advisor to prime minister; Shamim Osman, former Narayanganj lawmaker; Tarique Ahmed Siddique, former security advisor to the prime minister; AKM Shahidul Haque, former inspector general of police; Benazir Ahmed, former inspector general of police; Ziaul Ahmed, former additional director general of Rab; Harun Or Rashid, former additional commissioner (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP); Biplab Kumer Sarker, former deputy commissioner of DMP; Shahriar Kabir, president of Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee; Prof Muntassir Mamoon, member of Nirmul Committee; Tureen Afroz, former prosecutor of ICT and member of Nirmul Committee; Imran H Sarker, convener of Gonojagoron Mancha; Mozammel Haque Babu, chairman of Ekattor TV; Ahmed Zobayer, former managing director and CEO of Somoy TV; Subhash Singha Roy, editor of ABnews24.com; Naimul Islam Khan, former press secretary of prime minister; Aziz Ahmed, former army chief; and M Manzur Ahmed, former DG of NSI.
