Michael Chakma, a leader of the United Peoples Democratic Front (UPDF), today filed an allegation of enforced disappearance with the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) against ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and eight others.
The UPDF leader also handed over a towel (gamchha), allegedly used for blindfolding him during his kidnapping, to the ICT.
ICT Prosecutor Abdullah Al Mamun told journalists that the complainant presented the towel as evidence, claiming it was used to tie his eyes during the abduction.
Michael Chakma also described the glassed circled room (Ayna Ghar) where he was forced to stay for more than five years and four months to the ICT.
The UPDF called a siege programme in 2013 during a Khagrachhari tour of the then prime minister Sheikh Hasina when she 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 to the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace accord.
He said he thought that for these reasons, he was kidnapped by the law enforcing agencies.
Michael Chakma was taken away by unidentified quarters from Kanchpur area under Narayanganj district on 9 April in 2019 while returning to Dhaka after his organisational work.
He was released from the confinement on 7 August this year after the fall of fascist Sheikh Hasina's government in the face of the July-August uprising.
