Dhaka, Aug. 18 -- The International Crimes Tribunal has issued arrest warrants against five individuals, including former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Javed Patwary, in connection with the killing of seven people during a counter-terrorism operation in Gazipur in 2016.

The order was passed on Monday by a three-member judicial panel of Tribunal-1, headed by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Majumder.

According to case records, on 8 October 2016, a team from the Counter Terrorism Unit, assisted by local police, conducted a raid on a two-storey house in Patartek, Noagaon, under the Gazipur City Corporation. Seven people were killed during the operation.

Prosecutor Gazi MH Tamim said that following the incident, the victims were publicly label...