Former minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui. Photo: Collected

DHAKA, July 30, 2026 (BSS) – The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 today sent former minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui to jail after showing him arrested in a crimes against humanity case over the May 5, 2013, crackdown on a Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh rally at the capital's Shapla Chattar, which allegedly left around 60 people dead nationwide.

The three-member tribunal headed by Justice Nazrul Islam Chowdhury passed the order, as police produced Siddiqui before the court this afternoon.

Senior prosecutor Mizanul Islam took part in the hearing for the prosecution, while Advocate Imran Bhuiyan stood for the accused.

The second tribunal on July 27 took the formal charge filed by the prosecution in the case, into cognizance. It also ordered to produce the accused, who are already behind bars, before it on August 16 and issued arrest warrant against the fugitive accused.

The prosecution earlier on that day (July 27) filed the formal charge to the office of the ICT Registrar, accusing 41 people, including ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. 

The other accused in the case are: Dr Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir, Advocate Shamsul Haque Tuku, Hasanul Haq Inu, Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, Dr Abdur Razzaque, Mahbubul Alam Hanif, Dr Hasan Mahmud, AFM Bahauddin Nasim, Abdul Latif Siddiqui, Mrinal Kanti Das, Jahangir Kabir Nanak,  Dr Dipu Moni, Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya,  Omar Faruk Chowdhury, Salahuddin Mahmud, Dr Imran H Sarker, Shahriar Kabir, Mozammel Haque Babu, Farzana Rupa, Hasan Mahmud Khandker, AKM Shahidul Hoque, Dr Mohammad Javed Patwary, Benazir Ahmed, Mohammad Mokhlesur Rahman, General (Retd) Aziz Ahmed, Major General (Retd) Ziaul Ahsan, Mohammad Mujibur Rahman, Abdul Jalil Mondal, Sheikh Muhammad Maruf Hasan, Mahbub Hossain, Monirul Islam, Mohammad Anwar Hossain, Ashraful Zaman,  SM Mehedi Hasan, Harun-or-Rashid, Biplob Kumar Sarker, Syed Nurul Islam, Mohammad Asaduzzaman,  SM Shibli Noman and BM Forman Ali.

Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested former minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui from his Gulshan residence in the capital on July 29.