Sangsad Bhaban, Nov 10, (V7N) – Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman said Tuesday that a total of 1,883 cases involving killings, enforced disappearances and other acts of repression during the "fascist regime" have been filed in different districts across the country since the July mass uprising.
He made the disclosure while replying to an asterisk-marked question from opposition lawmaker Rokeya Begum of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami in the Jatiya Sangsad.
Of the total cases, 805 are murder cases, while the remaining 1,078 have been filed under various other charges, the minister said.
He said charge sheets have so far been submitted to the courts in 293 cases, including 98 murder cases, and trials in these cases are underway. Besides, final investigation reports have been submitted in 91 cases, while investigations into the remaining 1,499 cases are still ongoing, he added.
Describing the investigations as a complicated and time-consuming process, Asaduzzaman said the police department was making efforts to complete the investigations and submit reports as soon as possible. He said priority was being given to collecting relevant evidence, recording eyewitness accounts and following due legal procedures in each case to ensure fair trials.
Meanwhile, a total of 79 cases have so far been filed with the International Crimes Tribunals against those accused of committing crimes during the July 2024 student-people's mass uprising. Of these, verdicts have been delivered in eight cases, with 73 convicted persons sentenced, the minister said
