Dhaka, Oct. 22 -- The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Bangladesh has ordered that 15 Army officers currently in military custody be sent to jail in connection with three cases of crimes against humanity, including enforced disappearances and killings, allegedly committed during the Awami League's rule.

A three-member ICT-1 bench, led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder, issued the order on Wednesday.

The tribunal also directed that public notices be published in newspapers, instructing the remaining accused to appear before the court.

After 7am, the detained officers were brought to the tribunal in a prison van under tight security.

Police officers escorted them from the prison van to the tribunal's holding cell. At the time, the...