DHAKA, Nov 03, 2025 (BSS) - The widow of a man who was shot dead by police 
after leaving his Rampura home to attend Jumma prayers on July 19, 2024, 
appeared today as a prosecution witness before the International Crimes 
Tribunal (ICT)-1, where she demanded justice for her husband's killing.

Tabassum Akter Niha, wife of martyr Nadim Mizan, testified as the third 
prosecution witness in the ongoing crimes against humanity case. She 
described how locals brought her husband home in a critical condition, blood 
pouring from a gunshot wound to his abdomen.

"I lost consciousness seeing my husband like that. After 4 or 5 minutes, when 
I regained my senses, I learned that he had been taken to Advance Hospital 
nearby. I couldn't go because of ongoing gunfire outside. Doctors declared 
him dead on arrival," Niha said.

Later, Niha learned that Nadim had been shot by police or BGB personnel near 
the mosque after Jumma prayers, she added. 

She further described how their home came under tear gas shelling from above 
when crowds gathered there to mourn.

"Tear gas canisters were fired from a helicopter at our house and the people 
below. One exploded on our rooftop. I could hear the helicopter's sound from 
my room, and my eyes were burning from the gas. We took my husband's body to 
the Mirpur-1 Eidgah at around 10 pm for Janaza, which was held an hour later. 
He was buried at the Mirpur Intellectual Graveyard," she continued.

Following her testimony, Niha was cross-examined by the defence.

Later, Md Yakub, a gents' salon owner and neighbour of another victim Md 
Basit Khan Musa, testified as the fourth prosecution witness. He corroborated 
how the six-year-old boy was shot in the head and how the same way another 
bullet also killed his grandmother on July 19, 2024.

The prosecution submitted formal charges in the case on August 7, accusing 
law enforcement officials of opening fire on a student hanging from a 
building cornice in Rampura and killing two others in the area.

On September 18, ICT-1 framed charges against former Dhaka Metropolitan 
Police (DMP) Commissioner Habibur Rahman, former Additional Deputy 
Commissioner (ADC) of Khilgaon Zone Md Rashedul Islam, former Officer-in-
Charge (OC) of Rampura Police Station Md Moshiur Rahman, former Sub-Inspector 
Tariqul Islam Bhuiyan, and former Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Chanchal 
Chandra Sarkar. Of the five accused, Chanchal has been arrested and is facing 
trial in person.