July Uprising: ICT to deliver indictment order in Rampura shooting case Thursday
The case names five accused, including former Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Habibur Rahman
International Crimes Tribunal will deliver its order on Thursday (18 September) regarding the charge framing in a crimes against humanity case over the shooting of a young man hanging from a building ledge and the killing of two others during the July Uprising.
The decision was taken today (16 September) by the three-member International Crimes Tribunal-1 headed by Justice Golam Mortuza Mojumder.
Chief Prosecutor Mohammad Tazul Islam represented the prosecution, while state-appointed lawyer Md Amir Hossain and defense counsel Sarwar Jahan Nippon, appearing for the arrested accused former ASI Chanchal Chandra Sarkar, sought acquittal of the defendants.
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Earlier, on 11 September, the prosecution petitioned the tribunal to frame charges and begin trial proceedings.
The case names five accused, including former Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Habibur Rahman.
The other accused are former ADC of Khilgaon zone, Md Rashedul Islam, former Rampura officer-in-charge, Md Mosiur Rahman, and former sub-inspector Tarikul Islam Bhuiyan.
Among the accused, only Chanchal Chandra Sarker has been arrested.
Arrest warrants were issued against the others on 10 August.
Earlier, on 1 September, the tribunal appointed state defence for the four absconding accused.
On 25 August, it directed newspaper notices to be issued, ordering the absconding accused to appear.
On 7 August, Prosecutor Faruk Ahmed submitted formal charges on behalf of the prosecution.
On 31 July, investigators submitted their final report to the Chief Prosecutor's Office.
According to the case documents, on 19 July last year, Amir Hossain, returning from work to his aunt's house in Dhaka's Rampura, fled in panic after seeing police and BGB vehicles on both sides of the Banasree-Meradia road. He climbed onto the roof of a four-storey under-construction building to save himself.
Police followed him. At one point, Amir clung to the rods of the rooftop cornice to avoid capture. Spotting him, a police member shot him six times. He fell to the third floor, screaming, and locals rescued him.
He was first taken to a local hospital in Banasree, then referred to Dhaka Medical College Hospital the same night. After months of treatment, Amir eventually returned home.
The same day, police gunfire in Rampura's Banasree killed Nadim and Maya Islam. Maya's six-year-old grandson, Basit Khan Musa, was also shot. He later underwent treatment in Singapore, but still cannot speak.
