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The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Sunday indicted 11 people including former Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Habibur Rahman in a case over the murder of Imam Hasan Taim during the July uprising. The three-member bench of ICT-2 led by its Chairman Justice Nazrul Islam framed the charges and asked to begin the trial in the case. The tribunal also fixed March 29 for hearing the deposition of the witnesses in the case. Among the accused,  former officer-in-charge of Jatrabari Police Station Abul Hasan and former sub-inspector of the police station Shahadat Ali, who were arrested, were produced before the tribunal. ICT set March 4 for delivering judgment in Rampura shooting The other accused in the case are—joint commissioner of DMP Sudeep Kumar Chakraborty, former deputy commissioner of Wari Zone Iqbal Hossain, former additional deputy commissioner Shakil Mohamamd Shamim, former additional deputy commissioner (Demra), Masudur Rahman Manir, former assistant police commissioner Nahid Ferdous, former inspector of Jatrabari Police Station, Zakir Hossain, former Inspector Ohidul Haque Mamun and former sub-inspector Sazzad-uz-Zaman. Prosecutor Mizanul Islam stood for prosecution while Advocate M Hasan Imam and Lokman Hawlader represented the state. On January 24, the tribunal submitted chargesheet against the eleven accused. Imam Hasan Taim, son of a police officer Moynal Hossain Bhuiya and sub-inspector of Rajarbagh Police Lines, was shot dead during July uprising in Kajla of Jatrabari area of the capital on July 20, 2024.  

Pradeep Kumar Das, former OC of Teknaf Police Station, has filed a petition in the High Court seeking the cancellation of an indictment order in a case over acquiring wealth illegally. Advocate Masud Alam filed the petition on behalf of OC Pradeep, confirmed Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan on Sunday. The petition also sought the suspension of the judicial proceedings of the case. On December 15 last year, a Chattogram court indicted Pradeep in this case. Also read: Court indicts ex-OC Pradeep in a graft case Earlier on September 1, the court accepted a charge sheet in the graft case against the sacked OC and his wife Chumki. ACC Chittagong Assistant Director Md Riaz Uddin submitted the charge sheet on July 26. However, Chumki has been absconding since Pradeep's arrest. On August 23 in 2020 ACC filed the case against Pradeep, now in jail and undergoing trial in Major (retd) Sinha murder case, and his wife for amassing wealth worth Tk 4 crore. ACC sources said the anti-graft watchdog’s investigation against Pradeep started in 2018. On April 20 last year, Pradeep and his wife were asked to submit their wealth statement and they submitted their wealth statements in June that year. Also read: Ex-OC Pradeep denied bail again in ACC case After a long investigation, the ACC found evidence that the couple acquired assets worth more than Tk 4 crore illegally. On July 31 in 2020, Sinha was shot dead at the Shamlapur police check-post in Baharchhara Union of Cox's Bazar while returning to town after filming for a documentary.  On August 5, Sinha's sister, Sharmin Shahriar Ferdous, filed a case with Teknaf Senior Judicial Magistrate Court accusing nine members of law enforcement agencies of being involved in the killing, including Pradeep Kumar Das and Baharchhara police outpost inspector Liakat Ali. On December 13, 2020, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) submitted a charge sheet against 15 people, including police source Ayaz and three APBn members, in connection with the case filed over Sinha's murder at a checkpost manned by APBn, where officers of the Teknaf police station intercepted Sinha's car.

A Sylhet tribunal on Sunday framed charges against all the eight accused in a case filed over the gang-rape of a newly-wed woman at Sylhet’s MC College hostel in September last year.