Chief Prosecutor Mohammad Tajul Islam of the International Criminal Court (ICT) asked Inspector General of Police (IGP) Md Mainul Islam to take necessary steps for Interpol to issue red notices for the arrest and repatriation of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and other fugitives. Awami League leaders.

The Taj has sent an official letter to the IGP in this regard, according to information shared by the ICT monitoring team today (November 12).

The development comes after Adviser on Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Asif Nazrul said on Sunday that the caretaker government is to urge Interpol to issue red notices to bring back the fugitives, including Hasina, for trial at the ICT in genocide cases in July-August. .

“Red notices will be issued through Interpol very soon. No matter where in the world these fugitive fascists are hiding, they will be brought back and brought to justice,” he told reporters.

The newly established ICT began its journey by issuing arrest warrants on October 17 in two separate cases against Hasina and 45 others on charges of genocide committed during the student anti-discrimination movement and mass uprising in July and August from this year.

The court also ordered the law enforcement agencies to ensure the arrest of all the accused and produce them by November 18, the date fixed for the next hearing of the cases.

Others wanted include Awami League General Secretary and former Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, Hasina’s son and former ICT adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy, former Law Minister Anisul Huq, former Liberation War Minister AKM Mozammel Haque, former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, former Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud, former Minister of State for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak (who is already in police custody in a murder case) and writer Prof. Zafar Iqbal .

The tribunal declined to reveal the other names “for the sake of the investigation”.

Chief Prosecutor Tajul at the time said the names of all those on the arrest warrant could not be disclosed in the interest of the investigation. The warrants were issued based on the government’s request and subsequent submission of evidence to the ICT.

Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled to India on August 5 amid a nationwide violent student-led mass uprising that ended the 15-year rule of the Awami League government.

The ongoing trial marks a significant step towards justice for alleged crimes committed during the July-August revolution, with the international community following developments closely.

As of October 17, a total of 56 genocide complaints have been filed with the ICT against Sheikh Hasina. Members of her cabinet, leaders of coalition parties, several senior police officials and leaders of the Awami League, Chhatra League and Jubo League are also accused in these complaints.

By November 4, the ICT tracking team had received a total of 80 complaints, including many regarding the killings that took place during the July-August uprising; crimes against humanity, including enforced disappearances over the past 15 years; and the genocide reported in Shapla Chattar in the capital on 5 May 2013.