Two more prosecution witnesses testified on Wednesday before the International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) in the capital in the crimes against humanity case filed against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and two others.
Rina Murmu, a former student of Begum Rokeya University (BRU) in Rangpur, and AKM Moinul Haque, senior correspondent of NTV in the same district, gave their statements.
Rina, who completed her MA in economics last year, was a frontline activist of the 2024 quota reform movement. She said their movement was nonviolent from July 1 to 14.
On July 16, BRU students brought out a procession from the Press Club area of Rangpur city.
Students from some other educational institutions, including Carmichael College, also joined the march, which later advanced to the BRU campus. However, police dispersed the crowd with tear gas and charged batons when they attempted to enter the campus. At one point, police and activists of the Chhatra League (now banned) attacked Abu Sayed with sticks.
Sayed then stood near the road divider in front of the university's gate no 1, with both arms outstretched. At that moment, police opened fire, targeting him. "Later, I came to know that the officers involved in the incident were Amir Hossain and Sujan Chandra Roy. Around 3:30pm, we heard the news that Abu Sayed had died," said Rina.
Moinul told the tribunal that he, along with his videographer, was on duty on the spot when Sayed was shot.
He said he had telecast the incident live and submitted the original copy of the footage.
After the completion of depositions and cross-examinations, the three-member bench of the ICT-1, headed by its Chairman Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, adjourned the proceedings until August 17.
Meanwhile, the International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2), headed by its Chairman Justice Md Nazrul Islam Chowdhury, on the same day framed charges against 30 individuals in the crimes against humanity case filed over Sayed's killing.
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