The Bangladesh Army on Saturday announced that it has taken into custody 15 serving officers over the alleged cases of enforced disappearances during the tenure of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina , who stepped down following student-led protests in August 2024. The army’s action comes three days after Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) issued warrants for 25 military officers, AFP reported. The tribunal is prosecuting former senior figures linked to Hasina’s government and her now-banned Awami League party. “The 15 serving officers have been taken into custody. They are detached from their families and are being held in high-security detention with guards and other necessary arrangements,” Major General Md Hakimuzzaman, the army’s adjutant general, told reporters at

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