The Tamesis
November 17, 2025
Dhaka— Hasina, 78, opposed a court order to return from India to deal with test on fees she got a lethal suppression on a student-led uprising that brought about her ouster on August 5 in 2015.
Her co-defendants consist of previous Inside Priest Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, that is likewise at huge, and previous authorities principal Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, that has actually been apprehended and has actually begged guilty. Mamun likewise ended up being a state witness, the initial accused to do so given that the tribunal was developed in 2010.
District Attorney Gazi Monawar Hossain Tamim stated the court was anticipated to open up at 11:00 am.
District attorneys billed the accuseds with 5 matters, consisting of stopping working to stop murder, which make up criminal offenses versus mankind under Bangladeshi legislation. If the accuseds are condemned, they will certainly look for the execution.
District attorneys likewise asked the court to take the possessions of the 3 accuseds and disperse them to the sufferers’ households if founded guilty.
Nevertheless, the protection shared hope that they would certainly be acquitted. Hasina refutes all fees.
It will certainly be the initial court judgment on wrongs devoted throughout the uprising.
The court’s decision is anticipated to be transmitted reside on Bangladeshi tv and exclusive networks, pending the court’s last authorization, district attorneys stated.
On The Other Hand, Home Advisor Jahangir Alam Chaudhry informed press reporters in Barishal the other day that the federal government would promptly carry out the court’s judgment.
Asked whether accuseds can appeal if condemned, district attorney Tamim stated fugitives can not make use of themselves of allure civil liberties while on the run.
He included that under the legislation, wrongdoers need to be detained or give up to be qualified to attract the Court of Allure of the High Court.
” Appeals needs to be lodged within one month of judgment and the legislation needs the Appellate Department to refine allures within 60 days of allure,” he informed the Daily Celebrity.
Hasina is likewise encountering 3 various other situations in the ICT, 2 including enforced loss and one pertaining to the claimed mass murder of Shapla Chattar in Motijheel in 2013.
Kamal faces 2 situations of enforced loss.
District attorneys advised the court to occupy an additional July uprising-related situation versus Mamoun.
On July 2, ICT-1 punished Hasina to 6 months’ easy jail time for ridicule of court for statements he made regarding the court throughout a telephone call with regional leaders.
For months, courts listened to statement charging her of getting mass murders.
After in 2015’s uprising, the ICT investigatory company got a problem charging Hasina of criminal offenses versus mankind. Private investigators after that introduced an examination, which wrapped up and sent a record to the Chief law officer’s Workplace on Might 12.
The prosecution sent a 135-page cost sheet gone along with by 8,747 web pages of records and proof.
Official fees versus Hasina, Kamal and Mamoun were sent to ICT-1 on June 1. The court approved the situation on the exact same day and got the test to start.
On July 10, it submitted fees versus the accuseds.
Procedures started on August 4, with the initial prosecution witness providing proof. Of the 81 witnesses detailed, 54, consisting of previous IGP Mamoun and checking out policemans, affirmed.
After the dispute upright October 23, the arbitral tribunal established the day of judgment as November 13. On the exact same day, a three-judge bench chaired by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder dealt with the day of judgment as November 17.
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Count-1 billed the charged with murder, tried murder, abuse and various other savage acts. They were charged of urging, initiating, helping, conspiring and stopping working to stop criminal offenses devoted versus private citizens by police employees and armed staffs of the Awami Organization and its associates.
Matter 2 consists of getting using dangerous pressure, helicopters and drones to reduce trainee militants, and the accuseds are billed with exceptional command duty, conspiracy theory, helping and conspiracy theory.
The 3rd cost connects to the murder of Abu Sayed, a trainee at Rokeya College, on July 16. They got, prompted, urged, aided, conspired and joined the criminal offense.
Count-4 bills the charged with preparing the murder of 6 unarmed militants in the resources Chankapur on August 5 via straight order, incitement, urging, helping, conspiracy theory and conspiracy theory.
Occurrence 5 included the capturing of 5 militants and the injury of an additional. It likewise implicates 3 individuals of shedding to life 5 bodies and an additional militant, in which the accuseds purportedly got involved via conspiracy theory, helping and incitement.
