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DHAKA, July 21, 2026 (BSS) - The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 today
ordered the authorities to produce Major (retd) Mozaffar Hossain, an accused
in the assassination case of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman, before the
tribunal on July 23.
The ICT-2, headed by Justice Nozrul Islam Chowdhury, passed the order,
allowing a plea filed by the Chief Prosecutor Md Aminul Islam.
"The arrested Lt Gen (retd) Masud Uddin Chowdhury, an accused in a crimes
against humanity case linked to the July Mass Uprising (miscellaneous case),
has involvement in various crimes against humanity dating back to the 'One-
Eleven' period. Major (retd) Mozaffar also had conversations and other links
with Masud Uddin Chowdhury. These connections should be probed. Therefore, we
sought a production warrant to interrogate him, and the tribunal granted our
prayer," the chief prosecutor said.
The Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested
Major (Retd) Md Mozaffar Hossain from the capital's DOHS area on July 15.
He was later handed over to Military Police at Dhaka Cantonment.
