Dhaka, Aug. 28 -- Makbul Hossain, octogenarian father of July Uprising martyr Abu Sayed, said the family received the body of his son at 3.30 am and officials from the administration had asked them to bury him within the night.

"Around 3:30am, Abu Sayed's body arrived home. The administration told me to bury the body within that night. I replied that burial was not possible at night. The next morning, after two rounds of namaz-e-janaza, we buried Abu Sayed at the family graveyard," he told the tribunal.

The bereaved father, 85, today testified at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 in the crimes against humanity case filed over the killing of his brave son.

While preparing the body for burial, Makbul said, he noticed blood oozing...