Dhaka, May 25 -- Formal charges of crimes against humanity have been filed at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) against former Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) commissioner Habibur Rahman and seven other policemen over the killing of six people in Dhaka's Chankharpul during the July Uprising.

Chief Prosecutor Tajul Islam submitted the charges to the tribunal on Sunday.

This marks the first chargesheet to be filed at the ICT since the interim government initiated proceedings to try the Awami League-led administration's crackdown on student and public protests as crimes against humanity.

If the tribunal accepts the charges and proceeds with indictment, it will mark the beginning of the first trial related to the July Uprising.

Pros...