The International Crimes Tribunal on Sunday granted more time to the Investigation Agency to complete its probe into the killing of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur student Abu Sayeed and two other murder cases related to the 2024 mass uprising.
The tribunal asked the agency to submit its report in the Abu Sayeed case by July 14, extending the earlier deadline of June 15.
The tribunal set the date for responding to prosecutor SM Moinul Karim鈥檚 plea to allow the agency two more weeks.
The prosecutor submitted that the investigation was in its final stage.
Abu Sayeed was shot by the police on July 16, 2024, during a nationwide student protest against the quota system in government jobs.
His death intensified the movement that eventually led to the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League regime on August 5, 2024.
On January 13, a complaint was filed with the tribunal accusing 24 people on charge of crimes against humanity for Abu Sayeed killing.
Former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, former Begum Rokeya University vice-chancellor Hasibur Rashid and other high-ranking officials and student leaders were among the accused named in the complaint.
Sayeed鈥檚 brother Ramjan Ali filed the complaint at the office of the tribunal鈥檚 chief prosecutor.
Four of the accused, former BRUR proctor Shafiul Islam, Chhatra League leader Imran Chowdhury Akash, sub-inspector Amir Hossain and constable Sujan Chandra Roy, who were arrested so far in the case were produced before the tribunal on Sunday.
In a separate case, the tribunal set August 17 as the new deadline for completing the investigation into the killing of Ridoy Miah, a college student shot dead in Konabari of Gazipur on August 5, 2024.
Sunday was set for submitting the investigation report in the case but the prosecution sought more time for a detailed investigation.
The accused in the case include five former police officials, former Konabari OC AKM Ashraf Uddin, former Gazipur DB inspector Shafikul Islam, and constables Akram Hossain, Fahim Hasan, and Mahmudul Hasan.
Ridoy, a Class-XI student from Tangail, was killed on August 5, 2024, while working part-time as an auto-rickshaw driver. His cousin Md Ibrahim later filed two cases 鈥� one with Konabari police and another with the ICT.
The tribunal, responding to another prosecution plea, also extended the probe deadline in another case involving the Jatrabari killings, setting August 17 for the submission of the report.
The prosecutors said that the investigators needed to interview madrasa students, many of whom were now on Eid vacation.
Former assistant commissioner Tanzil Ahmed and former OC Abdul Hasan were produced before the tribunal in the case.
As of April 11, the Office of the Chief Prosecutor has received 339 complaints related to alleged crimes against humanity committed during the July鈥揂ugust 2024 mass uprising, said Gazi Monowar Hossain Tamim, the tribunal鈥檚 prosecutor for administration.
Out of these, investigators have selected 39 cases for detailed investigation.
Formal charges have been submitted in two of the 39 cases, and the Investigation Agency has sought arrest warrants against accused people in 22 cases, Tamim added.
One of the key cases involves the Chankharpool killings, in which eight individuals, including former Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Habibur Rahman, have been accused.
The list of accused people also include deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, and former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun.