BNP Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed has filed a complaint with the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), accusing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and six others of involvement in his alleged abduction.

He submitted the complaint at the office of the Chief Prosecutor of the tribunal on Tuesday (June 3).

Speaking to reporters afterward, Salahuddin said cases will be filed over enforced disappearances and killings, expressing frustration over the lack of visible action on such issues so far.

He demanded justice for all victims of enforced disappearances and urged the authorities to punish those already arrested and trace those who have fled. 

“Everyone involved, including former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, must be brought to justice,” he said.

Salahuddin also named former army officer Ziaul Ahsan among those allegedly involved and called for all responsible to be brought under the law. 

“It is the government’s duty to ensure accountability and put an end to the culture of abduction and killings in Bangladesh,” he added.

Salahuddin went missing on March 10, 2015, from the Uttara area in Dhaka. Nearly two months later, on May 11, Indian police found him in Shillong, Meghalaya. He was charged under the Foreigners Act for entering India without valid documents.

Although a lower court in India acquitted him in 2018, the Indian government filed an appeal, forcing him to remain in the country.

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