Bangladesh, July 29 -- The International Crimes Tribunal has held a second day of hearings on whether to frame charges in the case over the killing of Abu Sayed, a student at Begum Rokeya University, during the July 2024 Uprising in Rangpur.

A three-member panel, led by Justice Nazrul Islam Chowdhury, conducted the proceedings in Dhaka on Tuesday.

Lawyers representing three of the six arrested suspects argued for the charges against their clients to be dropped. Following the hearing, the tribunal adjourned the day's proceedings and scheduled the next hearing for the remaining suspects on Wednesday.

All six detained suspects were produced before the tribunal.

They include Shariful Islam, the former proctor of Begum Rokeya University, S...