ICT directs to produce 10 ex-ministers among 14 individuals

International Crime Tribunal (ICT) directed the authorities concerned to produce 10 ministers and four others before the tribunal in the July-August genocide case.

A three-member tribunal, led by its chairman Md Golam Mortuza passed the order on Sunday (October 27).

The accused have been asked to appear on November 18. The court also ordered to show them arrested the case filed with the tribunal.

The accused are – former law minister Anisul Haque, former civil aviation and tourism minister Lt Colonel (Retd) Faruk Khan, Dipu Moni, Rashed Khan Menon, Hasanul Haque Inu, Zunaid Ahmed Palak, Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, Salman F Rahman, Abdur Razzak, Shahjahan Khan, Kamal Ahmed Majumdar, Golam Dastagir Gazi, Ziaul Ahsan, Justice Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik, and former home secretary Jahangir Alam.

Earlier, the reconstituted ICT on October 17 issued warrants to arrest 46 people including Sheikh Hasina, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, Obaidul Quader, Anisul Huq, AKM Mozammel Haque, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, Hasan Mahmud and Zunaid Ahmed Palak and subsequently produce them before the court by November 18.