DHAKA, Nov 26, 2024 (BSS) - The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) today 
received another complaint of genocide and crimes against humanity over 
Hefazat-e-Islam's protest at Shapla Chattar in the capital's Motijheel area 
in 2013 against more than 50 people including ousted prime minister Sheikh 
Hasina.

The other prominent accused in the complaint are- the then Home Minister 
Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir, then State Minister for Home Affairs Shamsul Haque 
Tuku, then Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque, former Inspector General of 
Police (IGP) Benazir Ahmed, former Army Chief Aziz Ahmed, then prime 
minister's defence adviser Tarique Ahmed Siddiqui and Journalist and Human 
Rights Activist Shahriar Kabir.

"We have received a complaint over Shapla Chattar protest from Hefazat-e-
Islam leader Azizul Haque Islamabadi. Though they have brought murder and 
genocide charges against the accused, we have found elements of crimes 
against humanity in the complaint and would proceed accordingly," ICT 
Prosecutor Abdullah Al Noman told BSS.

Advocate Noman further said Iffat Ara Begum, mother of Bangladesh University 
of Engineering and Technology (Buet) student Rehan Ahsan, who was allegedly 
killed in the law enforcement agencies' operation on that day, has also filed 
a complaint over the murder of her son and the prosecution would proceed with 
the two complaints collectively.

"Those heartbreaking scenes on May 5, 2013 at Shapla Chattar made all the 
conscientious people across the globe cry. The way they carried out the 
massacre by removing the media people from the scene, shutting off the 
electricity supply, I was there and have witnessed those firsthand. We are 
carrying those sad memories for a decade," Mawlana Mamunul Haque said.