Arrest warrants against 5 for killing 7 youths in Gazipur shootout

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 has issued arrest warrants against five people, including former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammad Javed Patwary, over the killing of seven youths in a staged shootout in Gazipur in 2016, reports BSS.

A three-member panel of the tribunal led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder passed the order on Monday after granting a petition filed by prosecution.

According to case documents, law enforcement agencies detained the seven youths from different parts of the country and confined them to a house in Gazipur in October 2016. They were later shot dead in cold blood and falsely labeled as militants.