ICT indicts Obaidul Quader, 6 others over crimes against humanity
The tribunal also set 17 February for placing opening statement and recording deposition of the prosecution witnesses.
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 today (22 January) framed charges against seven accused, including Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, for alleged crimes against humanity committed during the July Uprising.
The three-member tribunal, led by Justice Nazrul Islam Chowdhury, passed the order, scrapping discharge petition filed for the accused.
The tribunal also set 17 February for placing opening statement and recording deposition of the prosecution witnesses. All seven accused are absconding.
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Senior prosecutor Mizanul Islam and prosecutor Gazi MH Tamim took part in the hearing for the prosecution, while Advocate Lokman Hawlader and Advocate Ishrat Jahan argued for the defence.
The second tribunal on 18 January had set today to pass order on indictment.
The other accused of the case are – Awami League Joint General Secretary A F M Bahauddin Nasim, former State Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat, Jubo League President Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash and General Secretary Mainul Hossain Khan Nikhil, President of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League Saddam Hossain and its General Secretary Wali Asif Inan.
Earlier, on 8 January, state defence lawyers were appointed for the absconding accused. The second tribunal on December 18, 2025, issued arrest warrant against the seven accused. The ICT-2 issued the order, taking the formal charge filed against the seven into cognizance.
