The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal on Monday submitted formal charges against 30 individuals, including former Begum Rokeya University vice-chancellor Hasibur Rashid, eight police personnel, and several ruling party student leaders, over the killing of university student Abu Sayeed during the July 2024 mass uprising in Rangpur.
The charge-sheet accused them of committing crimes against humanity, including the murder of Abu Sayeed and the torture of other student protesters involved in the Students Against Discrimination movement.
The report also implicated ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, and former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun for instigating the crimes through superior command responsibility.
However, their names were excluded from this case, as they are already named in a separate case over coordinated attacks across the country during the movement.
The International Crimes Tribunal-2, led by Justice Nazrul Islam Chowdhury, took cognisance of the charges and scheduled July 10 for the next hearing.
The tribunal also issued arrest warrants for 26 accused who are yet to be detained and directed the Inspector General of Police to arrest them and submit a compliance report on the next date.
Four other accused 鈥� former BRUR proctor Shariful Islam, Chhatra League leader Imran Chowdhury Akash, sub-inspector Amir Hossain, and constable Sujan Chandra Roy 鈥� are already in custody in connection with the murder of Abu Sayeed.
The tribunal directed prison authorities to show their arrest in this case as well.
Chief prosecutor Mohammad Tajul Islam presented the 130 pages charges before the three-member tribunal.
The prosecution said that Abu Sayeed, a student of BRU, was killed on July 16, 2024, during protests on the campus as part of the national movement against discrimination.
Earlier, on January 13, Abu Sayeed鈥檚 brother Ramjan Ali filed a complaint with the chief prosecutor鈥檚 office, naming 24 individuals and accusing 130鈥�135 unidentified persons of committing crimes against humanity in Rangpur