Dipu Moni, Mozammel, Farzana Rupa shown arrested

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Thursday ordered that former minister Dr Dipu Moni, and journalists Mozammel Babu and Farzana Rupa be shown arrested in a case filed over the 2013 Shapla Chattar massacre during a rally of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, reports UNB.

The ICT-1, chaired by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, passed the order, sending the accused to jail in connection with the case.

Earlier on May 7, the tribunal ordered the authorities concerned to produce them before it on Thursday, following petitions filed by the prosecution.

On the day, Prosecutor Gazi MH Tamim told the tribunal that during the May 5, 2013 crackdown at Shapla Chattar, Dipu Moni was serving as foreign minister and allegedly promoted internationally that law enforcers had "eliminated a group of unruly people."

He further alleged that from the beginning, Mozammel Babu and Farzana Rupa portrayed Hefazat's grand rally as provocative in broadcast and later played a role in diverting the Shapla Chattar killings to a different direction and concealing information regarding the deaths.