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Published : 03 Jun 2025, 01:28 PM
A decade after disappearing from Dhaka and later resurfacing in India's Shillong, BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed has filed a complaint with the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), accusing ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and six others of involvement in his "enforced disappearance".
The BNP Standing Committee member submitted the complaint to the tribunal's Chief Prosecutor's Office on Tuesday.
Apart from Hasina, Salahuddin’s complaint accuses former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, former RAB director general Benazir Ahmed, former inspector general of police (IGP) Shahidul Haque, former DMP commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia, former National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre (NTMC) director general Ziaul Ahsan and former additional IGP Monirul Islam.
He says that many unknown others were also involved in the incident.
Salahuddin said, “All those involved in these disappearances and murders, including Sheikh Hasina, must be brought to justice. Those who have been arrested so far over the enforced disappearances must be punished and those who have fled must be found.”
ICT Chief Prosecutor Tajul Islam accepted the complaint.
BNP Law Secretary Kayser Kamal and 25-30 lawyers, including Nasir Uddin Ahmed Asim, Ruhul Quddus Kazal, and Badruddoza Badol, were present at the time.
Salahuddin went missing from Dhaka’s on Mar 10, 2015, during the BNP’s protests against the Awami League government. At that time, he was serving as the party’s spokesperson and the joint secretary general.
Sixty-three days after his disappearance, police in Meghalaya’s Shillong rescued Salahuddin in a dazed state and admitted him to the hospital on May 11 of that year.
Although he entered India, the Meghalaya police did not find any valid documents on him at the time, so they filed a case under the Foreigners Act and arrested him.
Although he was later acquitted in that case, he had to remain in India under the previous Awami League government as he did not have a passport.
When the Awami League government fell, the former MP returned to the country after nine years with a travel permit on Aug 11 last year.
