Four separate complaints were filed with the International Crime Tribunal (ICT) on Tuesday against the Bangladesh Police and its two specialised units – Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), and the detective branch (DB) – for making four leaders of Islami Chhatra Shibir crippled for life.

Law enforcers fired at the knees of the four Shibir leaders while keeping them blindfolded and handcuffed, after detaining and torturing them, according to the complaint filings.

The four victims – Md Abujar Gifari, Omar Ali, Md Ruhul Amin and Israfil Hossain – filed the complaints with support from Shibir’s law affairs secretary Abdullah Al Noman and assistant law affairs secretary Amanullah Adib.

Of the four, Md Abujar Gifari and Omar Ali were the president and general secretary of Joypurhat district Shibir respectively. Md Ruhul Amin was the literature affairs secretary of the Jamaat student wing’s Chowgacha upazilla unit and Israfil Hossain was the secretary of the same unit.

"The regime of fascist Sheikh Hasina in last 15 years carried out the maximum brutality on Shibir. The RAB, DB and police detained these four leaders, tortured them and later shot at their knees, while keeping them blindfolded and handcuffed. Doctors had to amputate their legs, making them crippled for life," ICS law affairs secretary Abdullah Al Noman told newsmen.

The Islamic Chhatra Shibir leaders further said many of their leaders and activists were subjected to similar level brutality only because of their political affiliation, adding, "We would file complaints regarding those incidents as well."