The International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday issued arrest warrants against 10 individuals in a case of crimes against humanity in connection with the murder of Shaikh Ashhabul Yeamin in Savar, on the outskirts of the capital, on July 18, 2024.
The three-member tribunal, led by its chairman Golam Mortuza Mozumder, passed the order but refrained from disclosing the names of the accused persons, accepting a request from the prosecution.
The tribunal also set May 18 for submitting the investigation report in the case.
Prosecutor Gazi Monwar Hossain Tamim later told reporters that the members of law enforcement agencies and local AL leaders were among those facing arrest warrants.
鈥楽o far, 20 cases related to the July-August mass killings were officially filed with the tribunal. The cases were picked from several hundred complaints,鈥� he added.
On September 23, 2024, Yeamin鈥檚 maternal uncle Mohammad Abdullah Alamin Kadir lodged a complaint with the chief prosecutor鈥檚 office against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 77 of her associates, accusing them of involvement in the mass crackdown on student protesters.
Yeamin, a fourth-year Computer Science and Engineering student at the Military Institute of Science and Technology, was shot dead by the police near the Savar Bus Stand during the movement.
Shakil Ahmed, the victim鈥檚 family lawyer, alleged that police and Awami League activists attacked a peaceful student protest near the Bank Colony area in Savar on July 18, 2024.
鈥楾hey dragged Yeamin near an Armoured Police Carrier, shot him, and then placed him on top of the vehicle,鈥� Shakil said, adding that the incident was widely circulated on social media.
The lawyer, referring to witnesses, said that the police later placed Yeamin on the road and, following an order, shot him again before dumping him near a road divider.
He was eventually taken to Enam Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead.
Shakil further alleged that Awami League leaders prevented Yeamin鈥檚 family from burying him at their ancestral graveyard.
Earlier in the day, a complaint was lodged with the Office of the Chief Prosecutor regarding injuries sustained by Naim Shikder, who was shot during the July-August mass uprising in Khulna town.
Naim claimed that he was hit by bullets during the movement and still carrying 400 bullets in his body.
He filed the complaint against 10 individuals, including former Awami League lawmaker Sheikh Helal, his son Sheikh Tonmoy, former Khulna City Corporation mayor Talukder Abdul Khaleque and Khaleque鈥檚 wife and former deputy minister Habibun Nahar.
Meanwhile, the tribunal also ordered the detention of police constable Nasirul in connection with crimes against humanity committed during the student-led mass uprising at Chankharpool in Dhaka on August 5, 2024.
Nasirul, who was facing an arrest warrant in the case, was produced before the tribunal by the police.
The tribunal set April 22 as the second deadline for completing the probe into the Chankharpool case.
