The International Crimes Tribunal on Monday forwarded the names of deposed prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina and 22 of her associates to the inspector general of police requesting action on arrest warrants issued in connection with two cases related to crimes against humanity during the student-mass uprising in July and August.

These 23 individuals are among 46 accused against whom the ICT issued warrants of arrest on October 17.

Besides Sheikh Hasina, the list includes names of her relatives, her cabinet members, Awami League politicians, a retired Appellate Division judge, an author and university professor, former army officers, and former senior police officers.

The names sent to the IGP include former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her younger sister Sheikh Rehana, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, former state minister for information and broadcasting Mohammad Arafat A Hossain, former information and communication technology state minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan, former liberation war affairs minister AKM Mozzammel Haque, former law minister Anisul Huq, former education minister Dipu Moni, senior Awami League leader Sheikh Selim, Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh and Juba League chairman Sheikh Fazle Shams Porash.

The former officials of law enforcement agencies whose names were sent to the IGP include ex-inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun, former Detective Branch chief Harun-or-Rashid, and former Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Habibur Rahman.

The names further include former Rapid Action Battalion’s Harun-Ar-Rashid, former major general Ziaul Ahsan and high-ranking police officials Monirul Islam, Biplob Kumar Sarkar, and Prolay Kumar Zoarder.

The names also include Sheikh Hasina’s military adviser Tareque Ahmed Siddique, retired Appellate Division judge AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury, and writer and professor Muhammad Zafar Iqbal.

Though these 23 names were disclosed to the IGP, the identities of the other 23 accused persons were kept undisclosed to protect the integrity of the ongoing investigation, according to sources familiar with the matter.

The list of the disclosed names was also sent to the Department of Prisons to check the names of accused already arrested in other cases, the sources said.

ICT prosecutor Tamim Gazi Monwar Hossain said that the list of names submitted to the IGP does not include all the 46 wanted accused individuals.

He added that the IGP was asked to provide information regarding the whereabouts of the accused.

‘Once we receive the IGP’s report, we will request the tribunal to issue detention orders for the accused already held in other cases,’ Tamim said.

The arrest warrants were issued on October 17 after the chief prosecutor filed two separate petitions—one against Hasina and the other targeting Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader and other former government officials. The tribunal has ordered that all accused appear before the court on November 18, marking the next stage of legal proceedings.

Though the full list remains confidential, the chief prosecutor, Md Tajul Islam, confirmed that the names of Awami League president Sheikh Hasina, AL general  secretary Obaidul Quader and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan were disclosed publicly.

Meanwhile, the International Crimes Tribunal on Monday received seven more complaints over enforced disappearances and crimes against humanity allegedly committed by Sheikh Hasina and her associates during the student-led mass uprising until August 5 from July 1.

Since her ousting as prime minister and fleeing to India following the mass uprising on August 5, at least 45 ICT cases have been filed against Hasina and her associates.

Five complaints over enforced disappearance were filed by the central committee of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami.

A businessman named Humayun Kabir filed another complaint against 42 including Hasina, for keeping him confined for 11 days in an ‘Ayna Ghor’ in 2018.

Meanwhile, another complaint was filed over the murder of one Mohammad Hridoy on August 5 in the Gazipur Konapara area during the mass-uprising.

Besides, two more cases were filed on Monday with Shahbagh police station and a Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate court against Hasina and her aides for murder, and an alleged attack on protesting students by the Bangladesh Chhatra League activists on the Dhaka University campus during the student-mass uprising.

One of the cases was filed against 391 people, including Hasina and former ministers Obaidul Quader, Mohibul Hasan Chowdhoury and BCL president Saddam Hossain for the attack at the Dhaka University campus on July 15, the police said.

The other case was filed against 57 people, including Hasina, over the killing of Sohan Shah in the capital’s Rampura area on July 19, court officials said.