“BGB members are firing from behind the pillar of the house under construction”
During the mass uprising in July, the witness mentioned that he saw BGB and policemen shooting in the Rampura-Bansree area of the capital. Saifur Rahman. In his deposition, he said that he took shelter behind the pillar of the house under construction and saw BGB members firing. After the BGB members left, he found three-four people with bullet wounds.
Ruhul Amin gave such a statement in the International Criminal Tribunal-1 on Tuesday. He gave this statement as the sixth witness in a case of crimes against humanity committed in Rampura and Banshri areas of the capital during the July mass uprising.
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The defendant in the case is Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) former officer Lt. Col. Mohammad Redoyanul Islam, BGB officer Md. Rafat-bin-Alam Moon, former Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADC) Md. Rashedul Islam and former officer-in-charge (OC). Mashiur Rahman. Among them, Redwanul and Rafat are in sub-jail and they were produced in the tribunal today. Rashedul and Mashiur absconding.
In his deposition, Saifur Rahman said that on July 19, 2024, after Jumma prayers, he heard the sound of gunshots, the sound of sound grenades and the sound of movement. His house is next to the road. He left the house and walked towards the main road via Bansree F-G Avenue Road. At one point outside the position, taking shelter behind the pillar of an under-construction house in F Block, he saw BGB members firing from the west. He watched from behind the pillar, shooting for three to four minutes.
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Saifur Rahman said that when the BGB members went out from behind the pillar, they saw three-four injured people who had been shot, and said that at that time, it was not possible to see whether the shot victims were known to him or not. Later in the night, he found out that one of the three-four shot people was Ashiq, the other was Tamim. Ashiq’s mother’s tailor shop is opposite his house. Ashiq sometimes used to sit in that shop. This is why he knows Ashiq. Ashiq sometimes used to bring clothes to his house. Later that day around 10 pm, he came to know that Ashiq’s body was found in a hospital.
Saifur Rahman mentioned in the statement that Russell, Tamim, Asif, Maruf, Mosleuddin and others died that day. He wants justice for the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, Redwan, Rafat, Rashedul, Moshiur for this murder.
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