ICT to interrogate Palak over internet shutdown, genocide plans

The World Crimes Tribunal’s (ICT) investigation company will attach a question to broken-down say minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Data Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak over allegations linked to web disruptions one day of Anti-Discrimination Pupil Jog.

The interrogation will also tackle claims of coordinating web blackouts to isolate Bangladesh internationally, along with accusations of involvement in plans for genocide and proof destruction, Chief Prosecutor Tajul Islam acknowledged at a press briefing this day (12 December).

“Palak is slated for interrogation on 18 December, following an application submitted to the court earlier,” he added.

In the intervening time, the tribunal has also scheduled questioning of Abul Hasan, a broken-down officer-in-price of Jatrabari Police Location, regarding the killing of student Imam Hasan Taim one day of the revolt in Dhaka’s Jatrabari place on 4 August, prosecutor BM Sultan Mahmud urged BSS.

He will face questioning on 15 December, the prosecutor acknowledged.

Palak used to be arrested on 14 August by police from the Nikunja Residential Squawk in the capital’s Khilkhet.

He used to be in the initiating positioned on a 10-day remand as portion of the investigation over the killing of a youth named Emon Hossain Gazi one day of the mass revolt on 5 August.

On 2 November, Palak used to be remanded for seven days in the homicide case. On 9 November, he want sent to penal complex after remand.

Since his arrest, Palak has been linked to an total lot of a range of cases and going through grilling in police custody nonstop in a range of cases.

Palak, in the morning of 18 July urged journalists that the govt.shut cellular web the whole manner down to quit misinformation and inciting thunder on social media and later he kept blaming arson for web shutdown.

On 13 August, a probe committee formed by the intervening time govt acknowledged in its preliminary file that Palak and the Nationwide Telecommunication Monitoring Heart ordered the countrywide web shutdown one day of the fade.

Palak lied to the nation that web blackout used to be a consequence of fireplace in some records centres, the file finds.