Staff Reporter:
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 yesterday issued arrest warrants against five people, including former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammad Javed Patwary, over the killing of seven youths in a staged shootout in Gazipur in 2016.
A three-member panel of the tribunal led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder passed the order after allowing a prosecution plea.
According to case documents, law enforcement agencies detained the seven youths from different parts of the country and kept them confined in a house in Gazipur in October 2016. They were later shot dead in cold blood and falsely branded as militants.
Father of one of the victims, madrasa student Ibrahim, lodged a complaint with the tribunal over the killing of his son. Following an investigation, the prosecution petitioned the court to issue arrest war-rants against five people, including the then head of Special Branch (SB) Mohammad Javed Patwary.
Prosecutor Gazi MH Tamim moved the plea before the court.
