Dhaka: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) today ordered prison authorities to produce former Assistant Commissioner (AC) of Police Tanzil Ahmed and former constable Akram Hossain before the court on January 20 in two separate cases of crimes against humanity.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the three-judge panel of the ICT, led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, passed the orders this morning, allowing two separate petitions filed by the prosecution. The tribunal conducted a hearing on the prosecution's requests to issue production warrants for the two accused in connection with the crimes against humanity cases. Prosecutor BM Sultan Mahmud informed the media that the tribunal granted their petitions and ordered the production of the two former police officials on the specified date.
The prosecutor further alleged that former AC Tanzil Ahmed was present at the scene when the then Officer-in-Charge (investigation) of Jatrabari Police Station, Zakir Hossain, shot and killed Imam Hasan Taim in the Jatrabari area on July 20. Additionally, former constable Akram Hossain was accused of dragging Md Hridoy from inside a shop, where he was hiding, in the Konabari area of Gazipur district on August 5, and shooting him from point-blank range, resulting in his death.