Abu Sayed killing: Tribunal sends convicted ex-Begum Rokeya University VC to jail
He was brought to the tribunal at around 12:30pm. Police had arrested Hasibur at a house on Salimullah Road in Mohammadpur on Friday night (15 May).
Hasibur Rashid, the former vice-chancellor of Rangpur's Begum Rokeya University, sentenced in a crimes against humanity case over the killing of Abu Sayed during the July Uprising, has been sent to jail by the International Crimes Tribunal today (17 May).
The three-member International Crimes Tribunal-2, led by Justice Nazrul Islam Chowdhury, issued the order this afternoon.
Chief Prosecutor Md Aminul Islam appeared for the prosecution and applied for Hasibur Rashid's imprisonment under a conviction warrant. The court subsequently ordered him to be sent to jail.
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Earlier in the day, Hasibur was produced before the Tribunal.
He was brought to the tribunal at around 12:30pm. Police had arrested Hasibur at a house on Salimullah Road in Mohammadpur on Friday night (15 May).
Earlier, on 9 April, Tribunal-2 sentenced 28 people to different prison terms in the crimes against humanity case over the killing of Abu Sayed.
Hasibur Rashid, the main accused in the case, was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
He had been absconding since the fall of Sheikh Hasina's government on 5 August 2024.
Local leaders and activists of the Jatiyotabadi Chhatra Dal detained him on Salimullah Road before police took him into custody.
