The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has issued a public notice ordering former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal to surrender before the tribunal.
The notice was published in two newspapers on Tuesday (17 June) by the tribunal’s registrar, following a directive from the ICT. The duo has been given seven days to appear before the tribunal. If they fail to do so, the trial will proceed in their absence.
Earlier on Monday, the ICT ordered the authorities concerned to issue public notices in two newspapers summoning Sheikh Hasina and Asaduzzaman Khan to appear before the tribunal.
A three-member bench, led by Chairman Justice Md Golam Mortuza Majumder, passed the order after a hearing in this regard, said the ICT’s Chief Prosecutor Advocate Md Tajul Islam.
He added that the court ordered the notice to be published in one Bengali and one English newspaper.
Taking five charges into cognizance against the accused, including Sheikh Hasina, the court also set 24 June for the next hearing in the case.
The court also reissued arrest warrants for those who remain absconding.