The July-August movement was not a fire, but the internet was shut down on the orders of then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, said former State Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak.
Chief Prosecutor Tajul Islam told reporters on Thursday (November 19) that Junaid Ahmed Palak gave this information during interrogation by the International Crimes Tribunal.
He said that an attempt was made to cover up the genocide committed in July-August by shutting down the internet. Sheikh Hasina had given this order to shut down the internet.
Tajul Islam said that Ziaul Ahsan is trying to make the tribunal controversial by appealing against the tribunal's jurisdiction to try him. He said that no one who obstructs the trial of the July genocide will be spared.
The International Crimes Tribunal ordered the questioning of former SP Abdullahel Kafi, former Additional Superintendent of Police Md Shahidul Islam on December 25 and former IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun on December 30.