The ICT prosecutor’s office has received 80 complaints about genocide and crimes against humanity so far.

The ICT prosecutor’s office has received 80 complaints about genocide and crimes against humanity so far.

DHAKA, 04 November 2024 (BSS) – The prosecutor’s office of the International Criminal Court (ICT) has so far received a total of 80 complaints regarding allegations of genocide, crimes against humanity and murder during the recent student movement.

BSS prosecutor Gazi MH Tamim, who disclosed the information to BSS, said that crimes against humanity, including enforced disappearances in the last 15 years and the genocide that took place in the city’s Shapla Chattar on May 5, 2013, were also among the complaints.

Every day, allegations are being submitted to the prosecution wing of the ICT and other allegations are also being submitted to the ICT investigation agency on the same issues, he added.


These complaints are mostly directed against senior leaders and officials of the ousted government, including law and order forces who directly tried to eliminate the anti-government student-popular movement last July-August.

The interim government reconstituted the ICT on October 14, appointing Supreme Court Justice Golam Mortuza Majumder as president. Another Supreme Court Judge Shafiul Alam Mahmud and retired district and sessions judge Mohitul Haque Enam Chowdhury were also appointed as ICT members.

The government had earlier appointed the prosecutors of the court, headed by senior advocate Supreme Court Advocate Md Tajul Islam.

The newly created ICT began its journey by issuing arrest warrants against 46 accused, including Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who was dismissed on October 17 for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity.


The ICT also directed the authorities concerned on October 27 to appear in court on November 18 after showing the arrest of 14 defendants, including 10 former ministers of the ousted government, two advisors, a judge and a secretary.

The ICT subsequently issued arrest warrants for 17 police officers and instructed the relevant authorities to present them in court on November 20. Police have already arrested two of them and gave statements to the court.