Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal ordered former textiles and jute minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui sent to jail in a case alleging murder and crimes against humanity linked to a Hefazat-e-Islam rally at Shapla Chattar in Motijheel, Dhaka. Tribunal-2 issued the order on Thursday afternoon, July 30, after he was produced before the court.

Detective Branch police of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested Siddiqui from Gulshan in the capital on Wednesday. Before the arrest, he had said he would surrender to the International Crimes Tribunal in the crimes against humanity case over the killings connected to the Shapla Chattar gathering. He made the statement to journalists after appearing before the court of Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Jewel Rana.

Siddiqui, who was expelled from the Awami League, was arrested from an event at the Dhaka Reporters Unity in August last year following the July uprising. Police later named him as an accused in a case under the Anti-Terrorism Act. He was released on bail after several months, but that case remains pending and he is required to appear in court.