The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on Sunday set June 29 for holding hearing on charge framing in a crimes against humanity case filed over the killings of six people in Chankharpul area on August 5, 2024.
The three-member panel of the ICT-1 led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder passed the order, saying a state defence would also be appointed to move the case for the accused.
The ICT-1 on June 3 ordered authorities concerned to publish notice on two national dailies, asking four fugitive accused to appear before it.
The accused are former Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner Habibur Rahman, former DMP joint commissioner Sudip Kumar Chakraborty, former additional deputy commissioner of Ramna Division Shah Alam Md Akhtarul Islam and former assistant commissioner of Ramna Division Mohammad Imrul.
The notice was published the following day. As the accused did not appear, the tribunal passed Sunday's order.
Prosecutor Gazi MH Tamim took part in the hearing before the tribunal on Sunday.
The prosecution on May 25 filed the formal charge against eight in the crimes against humanity case lodged over the killings of six innocent people in the city's Chankharpul area. It was the maiden formal charge filed at the ICT in the cases lodged over the July-August Mass Uprising.
Shahriar Khan Anas, Sheikh Mahdi Hasan Zunayed, Md Yakub, Md Rakib Hawlader, Md Ismamul Haque and Manik Miah were martyred in the Chankharpul area on August 5.
The tribunal's investigation agency filed a 90-page probe report on April 20.
The agency prepared the report in six months and 13 days. The report includes testimonies from 79 witnesses, 19 video footage clips, 11 newspaper reports, two audio files, 11 books or reports, and six death certificates.
