‘He left for Jummah prayers and never returned’: Amir Hossain’s wife testifies at tribunal

Amir Hossain left his home for Jummah prayers on July 19, 2024. He never returned alive.

His wife, Anoni, recounted his final hours before the International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Monday while testifying in a crimes against humanity case over killings in Dhaka’s Rampura and Banasree during the July uprising.

“After the prayers, he joined the mass movement for the country and in support of justice. But at around 3:30pm, all the light in my life went out,” she told the tribunal.

Anoni said a man named Hasan called their landlord to say Amir had been shot in front of Ekramunnesa School in Rampura.

Relatives rushed to Better Life Hospital after receiving the news. Amir was already dead. Local residents later brought his bloodied body home, she testified.

“I saw my husband covered in blood. A bullet had entered through the back of his head and exited through his jaw,” Anoni said.

She said Amir was shot at around 2:15pm and alleged that he was killed by gunfire from police and Border Guard Bangladesh personnel.

Anoni told the tribunal that she later learned from eyewitnesses and social media that then BGB officers Redwan and Rafat and police officers Mashiur Rahman and Rashedul were allegedly responsible.

“I want proper and the highest possible punishment for this brutal killing of my husband,” she said.

Four former security officials stand accused in the case.

Former BGB officers Lt Col Mohammad Redwanul Islam and Maj Md Rafat-bin-Alam are under arrest, while former Additional Deputy Commissioner Md Rashedul Islam and former Officer-in-Charge Md Mashiur Rahman remain fugitives.

The tribunal began proceedings against the four on December 24, 2025, over six specific charges related to alleged crimes against humanity during the uprising.

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