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Dhaka: The International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh (ICT-BD) on Monday issued an arrest warrant for Prime Minister Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina and 11 other people over incidents of enforced disappearances.
The tribunal was established by the government led by Sheikh Hasina under the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act to provide for the detection, prosecution and punishment of persons responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and other crimes under International Law.
Hasina’s former Defence Advisor, Major General (retired) Tarique Ahmed Siddique, and former Inspector General of Bangladesh Police, Benazir Ahmed, are among the other suspects.
Chief Prosecutor Tajul Islam told journalists that they have applied for arrest warrants for a total of 12 people in a case of enforced disappearances.
“Among them, dismissed Major General Ziaul Ahsan has been ordered to be produced as he is behind bars. Warrants have been issued for 11 more people,” he said.
According to the prosecutor, the next hearing in the case has been fixed for February 12, Xinhua news agency reported.
A leading voice in the struggle to restore democracy in the country, Hasina, the daughter of Bangladesh’s founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, had to flee the country in an ignominious manner and seek refuge in India on August 5, earlier this year.
Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs last month sent a diplomatic note to New Delhi to send Hasina back to Dhaka from India.
Later, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) confirmed that they have received the request for extradition of the ousted former Bangladesh Prime Minister from Dhaka.
