Rangpur: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) today showed arrested four individuals, including two former policemen, and sent them to jail in a crimes against humanity case lodged over the murder of Abu Sayed in Rangpur during the July-August mass uprising. The three-member tribunal, led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, passed the order, allowing a plea of the prosecution.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the four accused are former sub-inspector of police Amir Hossain, former constable Sujan Chandra Roy, former proctor of Begum Rokeya University Shariful Islam, and Imran Chowdhury Akash, the general secretary of the banned Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) BRU wing. Earlier, the tribunal had set today to produce the four accused before it.
Chief Prosecutor Muhammad Tajul Islam stated that before the killing of Abu Sayed, then-proctor Shariful and BCL members had attacked university students and forced them off the campus. During the altercation, two policemen allegedly shot and killed Abu Sayed at close range. Evidence suggests that Shariful was directly involved in the incident.
Abu Sayed's family filed a complaint on January 13, naming 25 individuals in connection with his death.