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DHAKA, Feb 03, 2026 (BSS) - The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) today filed formal charges in separate cases, including one filed over the killing of seven youths in an alleged staged shootout in Gazipur in 2016.
 
Confirming the matter to the newsmen, prosecution Gazi MH Tamim said the prosecution has filed a formal charge against 10, including former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammad Javed Patwary and former IGP AKM Shahidul Haque, former Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner Asaduzzaman Miah, former CTTC chief Md Monirul Islam and former head of detective branch (DB) Harun Ur-Rashid.
 
According to case documents, law enforcement agencies detained the seven youths from different parts of the country and kept them confined in a house in Gazipur in October 2016. They were later shot dead in cold blood and falsely branded as militants.
 
Tamim further said that a formal charge was also filed in a case against former minister Rashed Khan Menon and Qamrul Islam over their alleged role in crimes against humanity committed during the July Mass Uprising.