Formal charges have been filed against 41 people, including ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former army chief General (retd) Aziz Ahmed, over the crackdown on Hefazat-e-Islam`s Shapla Chattar rally in Dhaka on May 5, 2013.
The prosecution submitted the charge sheet to the Registrar of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Monday at around 10:45am. Prosecutor Zahirul Amin filed the charges, accompanied by Prosecutor Marjina Raihan.
A three-member bench of Tribunal-2, led by Chairman Justice Nazrul Islam Chowdhury, is scheduled to hear the matter later in the day.
According to the prosecution, nine of the accused are currently in custody.
They are former minister Dr Dipu Moni, former state minister for home affairs Shamsul Haque Tuku, Major General (retd) Ziaul Ahsan, former inspector general of police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Haque, former deputy inspector general of police (DIG) Mollah Nazrul Islam, Ghatak-Dalal Nirmul Committee advisory board president Shahriar Kabir, former DIG Abdul Jalil Mondal, and journalists Farzana Rupa and Mozammel Babu.
The prosecution alleges that 58 people were killed at four locations, including Dhaka, in connection with the Hefazat rally on May 5, 2013.
Investigators have identified 32 victims in Dhaka, 20 in Narayanganj, five in Chattogram and one in Cumilla as part of the case.
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