Information about 57 people killed around Hefazat rally at Shapla Chattar: Chief Prosecutor
In May 2013, information was received that 57 people were killed in Dhaka, Narayanganj and Chittagong in connection with the Hefazete Islam rally at Shapla Chatter in Motijheel of the capital. Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal. Aminul Islam informed this information. He said that information is available about the involvement of 32 people including the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in these murders.
On Sunday evening, Chief Prosecutor Aminul Islam told Prothom Alo on the phone that information about the murders in three places of the country was found on May 5, 2013. Murders have taken place in Dhaka during the day and at night. The next day, killings took place in Narayanganj and Chittagong.
Aminul Islam said, at that time, the identities of 32 victims of the murders in Dhaka were identified. Apart from this, it was found that 20 people were killed in Narayanganj and 5 people in Chittagong. The investigation agency of the tribunal is continuing to identify the victims of Narayanganj and Chittagong.
A case of crimes against humanity in the 2013 killing of Hefazet Islam rally at Shapla Chattar in Motijheel of the capital is ongoing at the International Criminal Tribunal.
The Chief Prosecutor told Prothom Alo that the investigation of this case will be completed soon. June 7 is scheduled to submit the investigation report. They hope that the full report will be available that day.
Among the other accused in the ongoing case in the tribunal are former Home Minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir, former Minister of State for Home Shamsul Haque (Tuku), Major General (retd) Ziaul Ahsan, former Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Haque, Hasan Mahmud Khandkar and Benazir Ahmed, Ganajagran Manch spokesperson Imran H Sarkar, former Deputy Inspector General of Police. (DIG) Molya Nazrul Islam and others.