Dhaka, Oct 8 (PTI) A special tribunal in Bangladesh on Wednesday issued arrest warrants against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 29 others on charges of crimes against humanity in alleged cases of enforced disappearances during her Awami League regime.

A three-member International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) bench, with Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mojumder in the chair, took cognisance of the charges and issued arrest warrants against all the accused, a prosecutor said.

The tribunal, originally formed to try hardened collaborators of Pakistani troops during the 1971 Liberation War, issued arrest warrants against Hasina and 29 others, mostly former military officers who served on deputation in intelligence agencies.

He said the charges involving the enforced disappearances were framed und

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