ICT probe body reconstituted with appointment of 10 members

The government has reconstituted the probe body of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) with appointment of 10 members to carry out investigation into the crimes against humanity.   
 
The Ministry of Home Affairs today issued a gazette notification to this end. 

The appointments have been given exercising the power bestowed upon them under the section 8(1) of the International Crimes Tribunal (Tribunals) Act, 1973, with the President’s permission. The body will investigate the crimes described under section 3 of the ICT Act. 

The appointees are: additional deputy inspector general (Addl DIG-retd) Md Mazharul Haque, police super (retd)  Muhammad Shahidullah Chowdhury, additional police super of anti-terrorism unit Md Alamgir, additional police super, PBI (Police Bureau of Investigation), Headquarters, Md Monirul Islam, additional police super, Special Branch, Dhaka, Md Jane Alam Khan,  assistant police super, traffic and driving school, Dhaka, Syed Abdur Rouf, police inspector (unarmed), Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Dhaka Metro, Md Yunus,  police inspector (unarmed), Charghat Model Police Station, Rajshahi, Md Masud Parvez, police inspector (unarmed) RRF, Dhaka, Muhammad Alamgir Sarker  and police inspector (unarmed), CID, Dhaka metro (north) Md Mashiur Rahman.

The officials of the ICT probe body have been entrusted with conducting probe and extending cooperation to the tribunal’s prosecution team to hold trials under the ICT Act, 1973, the circular said.

The retired officers of the probe body will remain in their posts for next two years since their joining while officers in deputation will hold their posts until further order, it added.