Cybercrime and forensic experts of the Criminal Investigation Department on Tuesday testified that voice recordings attributed to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, in which she allegedly ordered the police to open fire on protesters during the July 2024 mass uprising, are authentic.
The CID confirmed the authenticity of separate recorded phone conversations between Sheikh Hasina and former Dhaka University vice chancellor ASM Maksud Kamal, Sheikh Hasina and former Dhaka south city mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, and Sheikh Hasina and former Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Habibur Rahman.
The CID forensic team used voice recognition technology and digital forensic tools to analyse the recordings and compare them with verified voice samples of Hasina, Maksud Kamal, Taposh, and Habibur Rahman, according to their testimonies before the three-member International Crimes Tribunal-1.
The testimony was recorded by the Tribunal, chaired by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, in the crimes against humanity case against Sheikh Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, and former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun.
Former IGP Mamun has turned a state evidence in the case. The charges relate to their superior command responsibility during the July 2024 atrocities.
CID sub-inspector Shahed Zobayer Laurence testified that he analysed the call between Hasina and Maksud Kamal, and verified its authenticity before submitting his findings to the investigation officer.
CID digital forensic expert inspector Md Rukunuzzaman confirmed the authenticity of the calls between Hasina and Taposh, as well as Hasina and Habibur Rahman, in his report submitted on March 23, 2025.
According to case records, the verified calls contain direct instructions to use force, including orders to use lethal weapons and to shoot protesters to suppress the uprising.
Hasina also allegedly directed that Maksud Kamal and Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, two politically influential figures, be informed of her actions.
Prosecutors told 抖阴精品 that Habibur Rahman later relayed the shooting order to field-level officers via wireless communication.
On the same day, Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Zakir Hossain also testified. He had earlier recorded a confessional statement from co-accused Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun, who has become an state evidence and admitted his role in the violence.
CID ballistic expert Sheikh Nazrul Islam examined two bullets and three pellets recovered from bodies of the protesters.
CID sub-inspector Golam Iftekhar Alam testified that he authenticated 12 video clippings documenting the atrocities during the uprising.
The tribunal has adjourned the hearing until Wednesday morning.