Dhaka, Oct. 9 -- The International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) yesterday issued arrest warrants against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her former security and defence adviser Major General (retd) Tarique Ahmed Siddique, and 28 others in two separate cases over enforced disappearances, abductions, and torture allegedly committed during the Awami League's rule.

Formal charges were submitted to the tribunal earlier in the day, accusing the former premier and several senior officials of crimes against humanity in connection with secret detentions carried out by the Rapid Action Battalion's Taskforce for Interrogation (TFI) cell and the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI)-run Joint Interrogation Cell (JIC). A three-member be...