ICT-1 to frame charges over cornice shooting, deaths in Rampura Tuesday

FE Team | Published: September 11, 2025 22:41:07

A tribunal is set to frame charges on Tuesday in crimes against humanity case over the shooting of a young man clinging to the cornice of a building in the capital's Rampura during the July Uprising, and the killing of two others, reports bdnews24.com.
On Thursday, a three-member bench of International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1), led by Justice Golam Mortuza Mozumder, scheduled the date for the order after hearing arguments from both sides.
Chief Prosecutor Mohammad Tajul Islam urged the court to proceed with the framing of charges.
Defence lawyer Md Amir Hossain, appointed by the state for the absconding accused, and Sarwar Jahan Nippon, representing the lone arrested suspect, former assistant sub-inspector Chanchal Chandra Sarkar, argued for acquittal.
The case also names four others, including former Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Habibur Rahman, who is absconding.
The others are former additional deputy commissioner of Khilgaon Zone Md Rashedul Islam, former Rampura Police Station chief Md Mashiur Rahman and former sub-inspector Tariqul Islam Bhuiyan.
At Thursday's hearing, Prosecutor Tajul said both sides had presented their arguments, though one of the defence lawyers had only partially completed his statement.
The tribunal will resume the hearing on Sunday, before formally issuing the order on Tuesday.
The investigation agency submitted its report on Jul 31 to the chief prosecutor's office.
According to the case dossier, Amir Hossain, a hotel worker from Brahmanbaria, was heading to his aunt's house in Rampura on Jul 19, 2024.
Spotting police and Border Guard Bangladesh vehicles along the Banasree-Meradia road, he fled onto the roof of a four-storey building under construction.
Police followed him, and as he clung to a cornice rod on the roof, officers allegedly opened fire.
He fell to the third floor, where bystanders rescued him and rushed him to a local hospital in Banasree.
Later that night, he was transferred to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where he underwent long-term treatment before returning home.
Two others were also shot dead in Rampura that same day, according to the case dossier.