Shawdesh Desk:

Michael Chakma, a leader of the United Peoples Democratic Front, on Monday filed an allegation of enforced disappearance with the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and eight others.

The UPDF leader also handed over a towel used for blindfolding during his kidnapping to the ICT. He was accompanied by by writer and activist Rahnuma Ahmed.

The ICT prosecutor, Abdullah Al Mamun, told journalists that the complainant presented a towel to the prosecution which was used for tying his eyes during the abduction as evidence.

The UPDF leader also described the Ayna Ghar where he was forced to stay for more than five years and four months.

The UPDF called a siege programme in 2013 during a Khagrachhari tour of the then prime minister Sheikh Hasina when Sheikh Hasina threatened blockaders including me, he added.

The law enforcers questioned him several times during the period of his enforced disappearance as he along with his party men opposed the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord.

He said he thought that for these reasons, he was kidnapped by law enforcement agencies.

Michael Chakma was taken away by a group of unidentified people from Kanchpur area under Narayanganj district on April 9, 2019 while returning to Dhaka after his organisational work.

He was released from confinement on August 7 this year after the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League government.