Victim testifies in case over firing gunshots at hanging boy in Rampura
This news article covers the testimony of Amir Hossain, an 18-year-old victim, before Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 in a crimes against humanity case stemming from the July 2024 mass uprising. Hossain testified that on July 19, 2024, he was chased by police in Rampura, Dhaka, and while hiding on a building's cornice, was shot six times in the legs by two officers, leaving him with lasting physical injuries. The case involves charges against five former police officials, including the former Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner and several officers from Rampura police station, related to the shooting of Hossain and the killing of two others in the area. Only one of the five accused, former ASI Chanchal Chandra Sarkar, has been arrested and is standing trial.
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Dhaka Tribune. "Victim testifies in case over firing gunshots at hanging boy in Rampura." Dhaka Tribune, 2026. July Archive. https://julyarchive.org/sources/victim-testifies-in-case-over-firing-gunshots-at-hanging-boy-867c0089.
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