Police officer Monoranjan Mistri testified as the sixth witness before International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Tuesday in a crimes against humanity case over the alleged crossfire killings of two men in Agailjhara, Barishal. The case is against former MP Abul Hasanat Abdullah and three others. The victims were Tipu Hawlader, then joint general secretary of Agailjhara upazila Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, and Kabir Molla, organisational secretary of a local Jatiyatabadi social and cultural organisation.

Mistri said he served as an SI at Agailjhara police station from December 8, 2014, until the first week of June 2015. In his testimony, he said Barishal police superintendent AKM Ahsan Ullah visited the station on July 20, 2015, and said work had to be done for MP Abul Hasanat Abdullah, including a nighttime operation and a crossfire. Mistri alleged he was threatened over his job, promotion and annual confidential report after expressing inability.

He said he heard gunshots near the eastern slope of Agailjhara Bridge and inferred that the stated crossfire had occurred. At the health complex, he saw two bodies and prepared Tipu Hawlader's inquest report. He said he later learned that two ASIs from neighbouring Uzirpur police station carried out the crossfire.