ICT initial probe finds writer Zafar Iqbal complicit in July Uprising atrocities

An investigating team of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has included writer and Professor Zafar Iqbal in the list of accused in a preliminary probe report on the attack on Dhaka University students during the July Uprising.

Alongside Zafar Iqbal, Prof ASM Maksud Kamal, former vice chancellor of Dhaka University, and former justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik, are also likely to face charges for committee crimes against humanity by aiding the attacks of Chhatra League.

The investigation into the alleged roles of several academics, including Zafar Iqbal and Maksud Kamal, is nearing completion, and formal charges will be pressed soon, said ICT Prosecutor Gazi Monawar Hossain Tamim on Thursday.

Gazi Monawar Hossain Tamim disclosed the potential charges against the academics and former justice Manik during an exchange with reporters following a hearing at ICT-2.