Rise and power base
Public roles are source-confirmed; controversies or allegations must be read separately as source-backed evidence-layer material.
Kushtia
A Kushtia-linked party leader discussed through ICT witness testimony and charge-framing reporting.
Aliases: Mahabubul Alam Hanif, Hanif
Included because TBS/Daily Star reporting records prosecution-witness allegations against him in an ICT case.
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Incidents
Public roles are source-confirmed; controversies or allegations must be read separately as source-backed evidence-layer material.
Kushtia
Reported themes: Kushtia politics, ICT testimony, alleged protest suppression.
The public-interest value is understanding how power in state institutions, policing, media, urban governance, or finance is discussed in records.
Witness testimony is recorded as testimony; it is not presented as a final court finding.
Next steps should model each claim, case, court order, response, or correction as a separate structured record.
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE · OFFICIALLY INVESTIGATED
Rights groups, human-rights reporting, and later ICT proceedings present differing accounts of the May 5-6, 2013 operation, casualties, and use of state force around the Hefazat rally.
CROSS CHECKED
GOVERNMENT CRACKDOWN · 2013-05-05 2013-05-06
A record of the May 5-6, 2013 rally and operation around Motijheel's Shapla Chattar, competing casualty accounts, and later ICT proceedings.
Casualty counts vary substantially by source: 2026 tribunal reporting refers to a prosecution account of 58 deaths, a 2013 rights report attributed 61 deaths to Odhikar, and contemporary reporting also described a lower government count. None should be presented as a final judicial finding.
Explore incidentThe Business Standard · 2 Nov 2025
Report on ICT-2 charge-framing and trial-order context involving Hasanul Haq Inu and Mahbubul Alam Hanif in Kushtia July-uprising cases.
View sourceThe Business Standard · 7 Jan 2026
Report on ICT witness testimony alleging Mahbubul Alam Hanif directed violent suppression of protesters in Kushtia.
View sourceThe Business Standard · 27 Jul 2026
The report says ICT-2 took cognisance of formal charges against Sheikh Hasina and 40 others over the 2013 Hefazat rally and reported prosecution claims concerning 58 deaths.
View sourceBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 27 Jul 2026
BSS reports that ICT-2 took cognisance of the formal charge over the May 5, 2013 crackdown and ordered accused in custody to be produced while warrants remained outstanding for absconding accused.
View sourcebdnews24.com · 27 Jul 2026
The report describes the complaint filed in 2024, the tribunal's acceptance of charges in 2026, 31 absconding warrants, and competing prosecution accounts of the death toll.
View sourceThe Daily Star · 12 Mar 2025
The Daily Star reports arrest and production warrants in the Shapla Chattar proceeding and attributes allegations about planning and responsibility to the prosecution.
View sourceBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 24 Aug 2025
BSS reports an ICT order permitting interrogation of several accused in the Shapla Chattar proceeding and describes the complaint brought on behalf of Hefazat leaders.
View sourceHuman Rights Watch · 1 Aug 2013
Human Rights Watch documented the 2013 protest violence through interviews and described the casualty and force accounts as contested and requiring independent investigation.
View sourceOdhikar, reported by Dhaka Tribune · 15 May 2013
The report attributes a total of 61 deaths to Odhikar's account of the May 2013 operation; this figure is presented as a rights-group claim rather than an established judicial finding.
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