Dhaka, Feb. 24 -- The Chief Prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), Muhammad Tajul Islam, stated on Sunday that the then-Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, had instructed a hospital during her visit in late July 2024 to withhold treatment from victims of the mass uprising and to deny their discharge.
Speaking at a press briefing at his office at noon, the ICT Chief Prosecutor revealed: "We, the prosecution, visited the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (Nitor), commonly known as Pongu Hospital, to speak with victims of the July-August mass uprising and their families.
The patients receiving treatment there informed us that Sheikh Hasina had visited the institute on 27 July and explicitly directed...