The chief prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal, Md Aminul Islam, said on Wednesday that investigators had found the involvement of former inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun in the 2013 crackdown on Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh’s sit-in at Shapla Chattar in the capital.
He told reporters that Mamun, who was then serving as the deputy inspector general of police for the Dhaka range, is among several law enforcement officials now under investigation. The prosecution expects to receive the probe report within 15 days.
Mamun, who was convicted in a crimes against humanity case for his command responsibility during the crackdown on protesters in the July 2024 uprising, is currently in jail.
On March 12, the International Crimes Tribunal-1, led by Justice Golam Mortuza Mozumder, set June 7 as the deadline for submitting the investigation report.
On the same day, the tribunal allowed a prosecution plea to show former DIG Abdul Jalil Mondal, arrested in the case, and permitted investigators to question him in custody.
Investigators said that findings about Mamun’s involvement emerged during the interrogation of Jalil, who also served as additional director general (administration) of the Rapid Action Battalion.
Mamun had faced charges of command responsibility in the July 2024 mass uprising case alongside former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan.
The former police chief later turned a state witness and was sentenced to five years in jail, while Hasina and Asaduzzaman were sentenced to death in absentia, a move that drew criticism from protest groups.
Mamun was appointed IGP on September 22, 2022, and remained in office until August 5, 2024, when the Hasina-led Awami League government was ousted from power amid a mass uprising.
Earlier, on March 12, 2025, the tribunal issued arrest warrants against Sheikh Hasina, Ganajagaran Mancha spokesperson Imran H Sarker, and others in the Shapla Chattar case.
Several others, including former state minister for home affairs Shamsul Haque Tuku, former IGP AKM Shohidul Haque, retired army major general Ziaul Ahsan, and former police officer Mollah Nazrul Islam, have also been shown arrested in the case.
The case originated from a complaint filed on November 26, 2024, by Hefazat leader Junaid Al Habib, accusing Sheikh Hasina and 49 others of crimes against humanity over the 2013 crackdown.
