The International Crimes Tribunal in Bangladesh on Thursday issued an arrest warrant against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed, The Daily Star reported.
The warrant was issued in a case accusing Wazed of committing crimes against humanity during the protests against the Hasina government in 2024.
The tribunal also took cognisance of the charges and ordered the jail authorities to produce three others accused in the case, as well as in a related matter, before the court on December 10, the newspaper reported.
Wazed has been living in the United States for years and acquired the citizenship of the country in May.
The warrant against the 54-year-old came less than three weeks after Hasina was sentenced to death after the tribunal found her guilty of crimes against humanity for the deadly crackdown on the protests.
The verdict was the first in a series of four cases related to crimes allegedly committed during her government’s response to the several weeks of widespread student-led protests against the Awami League government in July and August 2024.
Amid the protests, Hasina had resigned as the prime minister and fled to India on August 5, 2024. She had been in power for 16 years. Nobel laureate economist Muhammad Yunus took over as the head of Bangladesh’s interim government three days later.
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