STAFF CORRESPONDENT

The prosecution yesterday pressed formal charges before the ICT-2 against Awami League joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif and three other party leaders in a crimes against humanity case over the killing of six people in Kushtia during the July uprising.

The tribunal fixed today to decide whether to take the charges into cognisance.

Hanif’s co-accused are Kushtia district AL president and former zilla parishad chairman Sadruddin Khan, district AL general secretary Azgar Ali, and Kushtia city AL general secretary Ataur Rahman Ata. All four are on the run.

Chief Prosecutor Tajul Islam

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