Indictment hearing against Hasina, 7 others on June 7

The indictment hearing against eight people, including former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, in the crimes against humanity case of killing nine youths in a "staged anti-militant operation" in Dhaka's Kalyanpur has been postponed.

The International Crimes Tribunal has set a new date for the hearing on Jun 7 in light of the prosecution's request for additional time.

A three-member bench led by International Crimes Tribunal-1 Chairman Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder gave the order on Wednesday. The other two members of the bench are Justice Md Shafiul Alam Mahmud and Judge Md Mohitul Haque Enam Chowdhury.

Prosecutor Shaikh Mahdi represented the prosecution at the hearing. When he requested another month for the hearing on the chargesheet in the case, the court granted it and set Jun 7 as the date. Two suspects, former IGP AKM Shahidul Haque and former DMP commissioner Md Asaduzzaman Mia, are currently in jail.

The six absconding suspects in the case are Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, the then additional commissioner of DMP Sheikh Muhammad Maruf Hasan, then Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crimes (CTTC) unit chief Md Monirul Islam, then joint commissioner (crime) of DMP Krishna Pada Roy and then joint commissioner (DB) Abdul Baten.     �"bdnews24