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Zunaid Ahmed Palak The investigation agency of International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) will interrogate former state minister for Posts, Telecommunications, and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak on December 18 over internet service disruption during the July-August student-led mass uprising. Chief Prosecutor Muhammad Tajul Islam said that the prosecution filed the plea and the three-member tribunal, led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder allowed the petition. The chief prosecutor said Palak knew about the planning of the July-August genocides.
He tried to hide, to cover up the brutalities by then Awami League government by shutting down the internet service. So, Palak would be interrogated to get more information about the occurrence. The tribunal on November 18 showed Palak and 12 others including nine former ministers arrested in a case over killings, genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the July-August student-led mass uprising.
Palak was arrested on August 14 and has been in police remand for 37 days in six cases so far. Besides, Abul Hasan, a former officer-in-charge (OC) of Jatrabari Police Station, will be interrogated by the investigation agency of International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on December 15 in a case filed over the murder of student Imam Hasan Taim during the recent mass uprising in Dhaka. The three-member tribunal led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder passed an order on Thursday, allowing a plea of the prosecution and set January 15 for Submitting the probe report.
The ICT on December 4 showed Abul Hasan arrested in the case lodged over the brutal killing of Imam Hasan Taim. Taim, a second-year student at Adamji Nagar Government College in Narayanganj, was shot in a point-blank range on July 20 near the Kajla foot over bridge. The injured Taim was taken to Jatrabari Police Station and confirmed his death by reportedly torturing, according to a prosecution sources.
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