The International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) on Monday issued warrants for the arrest of former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammad Javed Patwary and four other law enforcement officials in a case over the killing of seven youths in Gazipur in 2016.The three-member tribunal, led by its Chairman Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mazumdar, passed the order after a hearing on the case.

Prosecutor MH Tamim represented the state during the hearing. Chief Prosecutor Advocate Mohammad Tajul Islam was also present.

The rest of the accused who faced the arrest warrants are the then Special Branch chief Monirul Islam, former Gazipur Superintendent of Police Harun-or-Rashid, the then superintendent and assistant superintendent of police in Bogura.

Besides, Javed Patwary played a role as the head of Counter Terrorism & Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit during the operation.

According to tribunal sources, law enforcers picked up seven youths from different parts of the country and kept them confined to a house in Gazipur in October, 2016.

Members from the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab), Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) and CTTC used 830 rounds of bullets to stage the operation as a counter-terrorism raid, on October 8.

After years of the orchestrated drive, the father of one of the victims, Ibrahim, who was a madrasa student of Jatrabari, Dhaka, lodged complaints with the ICT-1.

On completion of investigations, the prosecution filed a new case with the tribunal against the accused.