Plaint filed in Int’l Crimes Tribunal against Sheikh Hasina
Dhaka, August 19
A complaint was filed on Monday with Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) against deposed premier Sheikh Hasina and 26 others, including former ministers of her cabinet, for committing alleged genocide and crimes against humanity.
Md Abul Hasan, the father of Shahriar Hasan Alvi, who was killed during the recent anti-discrimination students’ movement, filed the complaint against 27 people, including 76-year-old Hasina and her cohorts and 500 unnamed others with the investigation agency of the ICT, state-run BSS news agency reported.
The other prominent accused in the complaints are former ministers Obaidul Quader, Rashed Khan Menon, Hasanul Huq Inu and former inspector general of police Abdullah Al Mamun, it said.
Hasina fled to India on August 5 after resigning from her post amidst unprecedented anti-government student-led protests. — PTI
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