Overview

• Army officials said 16 officers were ordered to report to headquarters and 15 were placed in high-security military custody.
• The International Crimes Tribunal-Bangladesh issued arrest warrants against 30 people in two cases alleging abduction, torture and enforced disappearances.
• Prosecutors say most of the accused are serving or retired officers, including former DGFI chiefs and personnel linked to RAB interrogation sites.
• Sheikh Hasina and former defence adviser Tarique Ahmed Siddique were named as key accused, and Major General Kabir Ahmed did not report and is in hiding.
• Police reported receiving orders to execute 32 warrants, while the army said it received none and detained its officers independently, with the tribunal seeking production of the accused by October 22.