Former IGP AKM Shahidul Hauque and former Commissioner of DMP Asaduzzaman Miah. -Collage Photo

DHAKA, March 24, 2025 (BSS) - The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) today 
showed former Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hauque, former 
Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Asaduzzaman Miah and the then 
Assistant Commissioner (AC) of DMP's Mirpur Zone Jasim Uddin Mollah arrested 
in a case lodged over alleged staged raid of law enforcers, where nine people 
were gunned down.

"The three-member tribunal led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder passed 
the order and sent them to jail after allowing a plea of the prosecution," 
prosecutor BM Sultan Mahmud told BSS. 

Chief Prosecutor Muhammad Tajul Islam, prosecutors-- Abdus Subhan Tarafder, 
BM Sultan Mahmud, Gazi MH Tamim, Shahidul Islam, Faruk Ahammed and Moinul 
Karim-- were present at the courtroom during the hearing.

Different units of the DMP and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) conducted the 
raid on the house known as "Jahajbari" for its ship-like design on July 26, 
2016. It was alleged that the whole raid was staged and the people killed 
being labeled as militants, had no connection with militancy, were in police 
custody for long and gunned down from close range.

The then IGP AKM Shahidul Hauque later went to the scene and said the dead 
people were members of banned militant outfit Neo-Jama'atul Mujahideen 
Bangladesh or Neo-JMB.