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ICT orders to produce four on April 9 over killing of Abu Sayed

Monday, 3 March 2025



The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has ordered to produce four people, including two former policemen, before it on April 9 in a crimes against humanity case lodged over the killing of Abu Sayed in Rangpur during the July-August mass uprising, reports BSS.
The three-member tribunal led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder passed the order on Sunday, allowing a plea of the prosecution, ICT Chief Prosecutor Muhammad Tajul Islam told a press briefing after the hearing.
The four accused are former sub-inspector Amir Hossain, former constable Sujan Chandra Roy, former proctor of Begum Rokeya University Shariful Islam, and general secretary of banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) university unit Imran Chowdhury Akash.
"Before the killing of Abu Sayed, then proctor Shariful and leaders and activists of BCL attacked the varsity students and flashed them out of the campus. At one point, two policemen shot and killed Abu Sayed at very close range. We have found evidences, indicating Shariful's direct involvement in the killing.