ICT orders to produce Dipu Moni, Mozammel Babu, Farzana Rupa

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has ordered the authorities concerned to produce former minister Dr Dipu Moni and journalists Mozammel Babu and Farzana Rupa before it on May 14 in connection with 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, issued the order on Thursday following petitions filed by the prosecution for issuing production warrants for them.
Prosecutor Gazi MH Tamim told the tribunal that during the May 5, 2013 crackdown at Shapla Chattar in the capital's Motijheel, 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.
After the hearing, the tribunal ordered that the accused be produced before it on May 14 and fixed June 7 for submission of the investigation report in the case, which is under investigation.
So far, six people, including former Inspector General of Police Shahidul Hoque, former Director General of the National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre (NTMC), dismissed Major General Ziaul Ahsan, and Shahriar Kabir, have been arrested in connection with the case.
ICT Chief Prosecutor Aminul Islam alleged that Mozammel Babu and Farzana Rupa had attempted to deliberately divert the Shapla Chattar killings to a different direction and played a role in hiding information related to the deaths.
Earlier on Tuesday, he said 58 people killed during the crackdown on the Hefazt rally have been identified.