ICT-2 orders newspaper summoning fugitive criminals

City Desk :

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 ordered authorities for notifying English and Bangla dailies on Wednesday, and asking eight fugitive accused in humanity case filed over the killing and burning bodies of six men in Ashulia during July uprising, to surrender.

The three-judges panel of the ICT-2 led by Justice Nozrul Islam Chowdhury passed the order and set July 28 for further hearing in this connection. As per the rule, if the fugitives failed to surrender before the court, the trial will be initiated in their absence, reports BSS.

The ICT-2 on July 2 took into cognizance the formal charge in the crimes against humanity case filed over the firing on six youths in Ashulia, killing five of them, burning their bodies along with another youth alive during the July-August mass uprising to conceal the evidence.

It also had issued arrest warrant against eight accused, including former lawmaker Muhammad Saiful Islam and former deputy inspector general of police Nurul Islam on that day. The prosecution filed the formal charge against 16 people at the office of the ICT Registrar. The matter was later mentioned at the second tribunal.

The other accused in the case include – former additional superintendent of police (crimes and ops) Md Abdullahil Kafi.