Habibur Rahman Mallik, uncle of slain BDR member Nazrul Islam Mallik, testified before International Crimes Tribunal-1 as the fourth witness against dismissed army officer Major General Ziaul Ahsan. In his statement on Wednesday, he said Nazrul was taken by plainclothes men on March 3, 2010, and never returned. Later, Nazrul’s brother identified his body from a newspaper photo showing his hands tied behind his back and his abdomen cut open.

According to the testimony, Nazrul had worked as a medical assistant at the BDR Hospital during the 2009 BDR mutiny and later took a job at Madhumati Clinic in Kotalipara under a different name. After his disappearance, his body was found in the Baleshwar River in May 2010 and buried by authorities in Bagerhat when no heir was found. DNA testing later confirmed his identity, and the family reburied him in their ancestral graveyard.

Habibur Rahman added that intelligence officers frequently visited their home afterward and that they learned through various sources that members of RAB’s intelligence wing were involved in Nazrul’s killing.