Fifteen army officers were taken to the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Wednesday morning under tight security to face hearings in three separate cases linked to enforced disappearances, killings, and crimes against humanity.
The cases stem from allegations of abductions and extrajudicial killings carried out by the TFI-JIC Cell during the Awami League’s long rule, as well as atrocities committed in July and August.
At around 7:15am, the officers were brought to the tribunal premises in a prison van escorted by armed law enforcement personnel. Upon their appearance, defence lawyers submitted three petitions, including a bail plea and a request to detain the officers inside the cantonment during trial proceedings.
Wednesday was set for producing 32 accused—including 25 current and former army officers—before the tribunal. The court is also scheduled to begin hearing the formal charges filed against them.
The hearings are taking place before Tribunal-1, led by Chairman Justice Md Golam Mortuza Majumder and two other judges.
Meanwhile, security has been intensified across key areas of the capital—Kakrail, Motsya Bhaban, and Paltan—as police, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), and army personnel took up positions around the tribunal and the High Court Mazar Gate since dawn.
