The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) today issued arrest warrants against 11 people including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her former defence adviser Maj Gen (retd) Tarique Ahmed Siddique and former inspector general of police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed over enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in last 15 years.
The tribunal led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder passed the order, allowing a plea from Chief Prosecutor Muhammad Tajul Islam.
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) today issued arrest warrants against 11 people including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her former defence adviser Maj Gen (retd) Tarique Ahmed Siddique and former inspector general of police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed over enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in last 15 years.
The tribunal led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder passed the order, allowing a plea from Chief Prosecutor Muhammad Tajul Islam.
The tribunal ordered police to produce the people, who will be arrested through the warrants issued today, on February 12. It also ordered to produce Major General (sacked) Ziaul Ahsan, who is already behind bars after getting arrested in some other cases, on February 12 after showing him arrested in the case.
Many victims and family members of the victims of enforced disappearance were present at the tribunal at the time
As part of the process to prepare a declaration on the July uprising based on a national consensus, the interim government will soon discuss it with political parties, Chief Adviser Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said on Sunday.
“We can only say that it is being discussed and will be discussed with the political parties in the coming days. And we hope that you will see more progress on this issue in the future,” he said, adding that they have received several phone calls regarding further progress on the July Declaration.
Alam was briefing the media at the Foreign Service Academy in the evening. CA Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder also spoke at the briefing.
Commerce Adviser Sheikh Bashiruddin on Sunday urged the Pakistan High Commissioner to take the initiative to import more products from Bangladesh.
He made the call when Pakistan High Commissioner Syed Ahmed Maroof met him in his office at the Secretariat on Sunday afternoon.
During the meeting, they thoroughly discussed the bilateral trade between the two countries and explored potential opportunities for future trade.