July Genocide: $17$ people, including former ministers and state ministers, appear before the tribunal.

Seventeen people, including former ministers and state ministers from the Sheikh Hasina government, have been presented before the International Crimes Tribunal in a case of crimes against humanity involving murder and genocide surrounding the July-August $2024$ movement.

They were brought to the tribunal under strict security from various prisons, including Keraniganj and Kashimpur, around $9:45$ AM on Monday. On this day, a hearing on the progress of the case is scheduled to take place before the judicial panel led by Justice Md. Ghulam Mortuza Mozumder, Chairman of Tribunal-$1$.

The accused brought before the tribunal are:

• Former Law Minister Anisul Huq

• Former Education Minister Dr. Dipu Moni

• Former State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak

• Former Minister of Textiles and Jute Golam Dastagir Gazi

• Former Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu

• Former Food Minister Qamrul Islam

• Former Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque

• Former Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan

• Workers Party President Rashed Khan Menon

• JSD President and former Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu

• Former Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury Manik

• Former Home Secretary Jahangir Alam

• Former MP Solaiman Selim

• Former MP Faruk Khan

• Former Prime Minister’s Advisor Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury

• Sheikh Hasina’s former Private Industry and Investment Advisor Salman F Rahman

• Former State Minister Kamal Ahmed Majumder