Staff Reporter:
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Sunday fixed March 4 for delivering the judgment in a case filed over the shooting of Amir Hossain who was hanging from a rooftop ledge in Rampura during the July-August movement in 2024.
The three-member bench of ICT-1 led by its chairman Justice Md Golam Mortuza Majumdar passed the order.
The accused are former Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Habibur Rahman, former Additional Deputy Commissioner (Khilgaon zone), Rashedul Islam, former officer-in-charge of Rampura Police Station Mashour Rahman, former assistant sub-inspector Chanchal Chandra Sarkar and former sub-inspector Tariqul Islam Bhuiya.
The only accused arrested in the case, former ASI of Rampura Police Outpost Chanchal Chandra Sarker, was produced before the court yesterday.
On August 10, 2025, ICT issued arrest warrants against four people, including former Dhaka Metropoli-tan Police (DMP) Commissioner Habibur Rahman in the case.
On 19 July 2024, Amir Hossain was returning home after offering Friday prayers when he was caught in crossfire near his residence in Rampura.
According to Amir, police began firing in the area as clashes with protesters escalated.
In an attempt to escape, he ran into a nearby under-construction building and took shelter on the fourth floor.
Amir alleged that police officers chased protesters into the building and reached the floor where he was hiding.
There, they pointed firearms at him and repeatedly ordered him to jump off the building.
To intimidate him, one officer reportedly fired several rounds. Out of fear, Amir clung to a steel rod protruding from the side of the structure.
At one point, a police officer positioned on the third floor allegedly fired six rounds at Amir, striking him in both legs.
After the police left the scene, Amir managed to jump down to the third floor, despite his injuries.
He lay there bleeding for approximately three hours before a student and two doctors found him and rushed him to a local hospital.
He was later transferred to Dhaka Medical College Hospital for further treatment.
Amir survived the incident, though he sustained serious injuries.
Meanwhile, two other people were reportedly shot dead near the same location in Rampura on the same day.
