The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Sunday placed Armed Police Battalion (APBn) constable Mohammad Sujan, who opened fire on the student rally in the capital's Chankharpul area on August 5, on a one-day remand.
A two-member tribunal, led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder passed the order, allowing a plea of the prosecution.
The tribunal on January 12, 2025, sent Mohammad Sujan to jail, showing him arrested in a case filed for crimes against humanity and genocide.
The ICT also had set February 23 for submitting the probe report in the case.
Constable Mohammad Sujan was seen shooting from his Chinese rifle aiming at the protesters near Shaikh Burhanuddin Post Graduate College in the capital's Chankharpul area on August 5. Video footage of Sujan's firing and expressing joy after hitting protesters became viral on social media, said prosecutors BM Sultan Mahmud.
The APBn handed Sujan over to the Detective Branch on September 13. Shahbagh police later took Sujan into custody in connection with a murder case filed with the police station.
Meanwhile, the tribunal today also issued arrest warrants against several accused in cases filed over atrocities carried out in the city's Uttara, Rampura and Gulshan areas.
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