BNP’s Salahuddin files complaint against Hasina, 6 others with ICT over disappearance

BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed has filed complaints against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and six others with the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) over abduction and enforced disappearance.

Salahuddin arrived at the ICT around 11:15 am on Tuesday with a BNP-backed lawyers’ team led by Legal Affairs Secretary Barrister Kayser Kamal.

Later, they handed over a copy of the allegations to Chief Prosecutor of the ICT Advocate Md Tajul Islam.

The accused include former Inspector Generals of Police (IGPs) Benazir Ahmed and Shahidul Haque, former Special Branch (SB) Chief Monirul Islam, former Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia, and retired army officer Ziaul Ahsan, according to a UNB report.

Speaking to the media, Salahuddin said, “The nation demands justice. Not only for incidents in July-August, but all killings, disappearances, and torture during the previous regime must be addressed. This is the BNP’s commitment.”

He urged the victims of forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings under the ‘fascist regime’ to file complaints and called on the government to increase logistical support to the tribunal to ensure justice.

On October 15 last year, Salahuddin filed his own disappearance complaint.

He had gone missing from Uttara on March 10, 2015, and was found in Shillong, India, on May 11 of the same year.

Following the fall of the Awami League government on August 5 last year, he returned home on August 11.