Abu Sayed killing: Tribunal sends convicted ex-Begum Rokeya University VC to jail

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.
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.















