Awami League leader, 14 party coordinator and former minister Amir Hossain Amu and Md. The International Criminal Tribunal has ordered to arrest and send Kamrul Islam to prison.
At the same time, the court fixed December 18 as the next day for the progress report and hearing in this regard.
The Chairman of the Tribunal, Justice Md. A three-member judicial panel headed by Ghulam Mortuza passed the order. The other members of the tribunal are Justice Shafiul Alam Mahmud and Judge Md. Mohitul Haque Enam Chowdhury.
Earlier, in view of the state party's application, the former minister Amir Hossain Amu and Kamrul Islam were ordered to appear before the International Criminal Tribunal on December 4 on charges of genocide in July-August after hearing the matter on Monday (December 2). A three-member judicial panel headed by Tribunal Chairman Golam Mortuza Majumder gave the order. As a result, two of them were brought to the tribunal today around 11:15.
The prosecution applied to show their arrest this morning. Later, prosecutor Gazi MH Tamim heard the state's side in the court. ABM Sultan Mahmud was with him.
After the hearing, the court ordered these two accused to appear before the tribunal on December 4. In the meantime, many people have been arrested and are in prison, including the murder of these two leaders of Awami League.
Prosecutor Gazi MH Tamim told reporters that the International Criminal Tribunal had issued an arrest warrant against two defendants in a case on October 17. There were 45 accused in total. One of them was former minister Amir Hossain Amu, another was Kamrul Islam. They were arrested while an arrest warrant was issued against these two in the tribunal. They were arrested in a case of Newmarket police station and sent to jail.
He said, we have filed an application in the tribunal to produce them in the tribunal. We read out the allegations against them in the tribunal. The tribunal was satisfied and asked them to appear on December 4.
On October 17, the International Criminal Tribunal issued arrest warrants against Sheikh Hasina and 46 people on two charges of 'genocide' in an attempt to suppress the anti-discrimination student movement in July-August.
Amir Hossain Amu and Kamrul Islam are going to be tried by the International Criminal Tribunal for the trial of some of the top leaders of Awami League and allied parties arrested so far. They will be tried in a case filed on charges of crimes against humanity and genocide.
Among them are former ministers Anisul Haque, Farooq Khan, Dr. Deepu Moni, Rashed Khan Menon, Hasanul Haque Inu, Junaid Ahmed Palak, Shajahan Khan, Golam Dastgir Gazi, former state minister Kamal Ahmed Majumdar, former Prime Minister's advisor Salman F Rahman, Abdur Razzak, Amir Hossain Amu and Kamrul Islam.
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