Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain, one of the key coordinators of the Anti-discrimination Student Movement, has testified before the International Crimes Tribunal that “orders were issued to kill” the coordinators if they refused to call off the protests. He testified on Thursday before Tribunal-1 as the 19th witness in the case of crimes against humanity related to the killing of six people in Chankharpul. Following the shootings, members of several intelligence agencies contacted the movement’s coordinators, urging them to withdraw the protests. "The instruction was clear -- if we refused to withdraw the movement, we were to be killed. “I believe the former prime minister and the home minister were primarily responsible for these actions,” he said.

Source: bd News24 October 09, 2025 17:39 UTC