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Michael Chakma, a leader of the United Peoples Democratic Front (UPDF), filed a complaint with the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Monday, alleging enforced disappearance against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and eight other individuals.
The UPDF leader also handed over a towel (gamchha) to be used for blindfolding during his kidnapping to the ICT.
ICT Prosecutor Abdullah Al Mamun told the journalists that the complainant presented a towel (gamchha) to the prosecution which was used for tying his eyes during the abduction as evidence, reports BSS.
The UPDF leader also described the glassed circled room (Ayna Ghar) where he was forced to stay for more than five years and four months to the ICT. He called a siege programme in 2013 during a Khagrachhari tour of the then prime minister Sheikh Hasina when Sheikh Hasina threatened blockaders including me, he added.
The law enforcers questioned him several times during the period of his enforced disappearance as he along with his party men opposed the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace accord.
He said he thought that for these reasons, he was kidnapped by the law enforcement agencies.
Michael Chakma was taken away by unidentified quarters from the Kanchpur area under Narayanganj district on April 9 in 2019 while returning to Dhaka after his organizational work.
On August 7, He was released from confinement this year after the fall of fascist Sheikh Hasina’s government in the face of the July-August uprising.
