The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Monday allowed the Investigation Agency to quiz detained former DGFI director general Sheikh Mamun Khaled in custody for two days in a crimes against humanity case linked to enforced disappearances.

The tribunal also allowed a prosecution plea seeking permission to show Mamun arrested in the case.

Mamun is accused of involvement in enforced disappearances between 2011 and 2013 during his tenure as the DGFI chief.

A three-judge panel, led by Justice Nozrul Islam Chowdhury, passed the order after hearing separate petitions filed by chief prosecutor Md Aminul Islam.

The prosecution sought to show Mamun arrested and requested permission for custodial interrogation, which the tribunal granted.

Mamun was in the dock.

The tribunal fixed April 16 for the next hearing in the case.

The chief prosecutor later told journalists that the prosecution had information that Mamun Khaled was linked to several incidents of enforced disappearances, killings, secret detention centres, and other crimes against humanity that allegedly took place during the tenure of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

He said that, for this reason, it was necessary to interrogate him.

In a separate matter, the tribunal deferred until April 16 the hearing on a prosecution plea to show former army officer Masud Uddin arrested in a crimes against humanity case over the killings during the July 2024 mass uprising, as he was not produced before the court.

On March 29, the tribunal ordered the jail authorities to produce both Mamun Khaled and Masud Uddin Chowdhury before it on April 7 in separate cases.

The prosecution alleged that Masud Uddin was involved in killings during the July–August 2024 protests in Feni, while Mamun Khaled faces allegations related to enforced disappearances.

Masud Uddin was arrested at his Dhaka home on March 24.

He is accused in at least 11 cases. Initially, he was shown arrested in a human trafficking case filed with Paltan police station in Dhaka.

He has since been placed on a five-day remand and is also being questioned over his role during the ‘1/11’ political changeover in 2007.