Police fired 3 lakh bullets on July protesters: IO

The investigation officer of the crimes against humanity case against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan and former inspector general of police Chowdhury Al Mamun testified on Monday that the police fired more than three lakh rounds of bullets across the country to suppress protesters during the July mass uprising. Testifying as the 54th prosecution witness for the second day, the investigation officer, Md Alomgir, also told the three-member International Crimes Tribunal-1 that the police used a range of lethal weapons, including light machine guns, submachine guns, shotguns, revolvers, and pistols, to suppress the protests. He submitted that the police used 3,05,312 rounds of bullets across the country during the July protests, while 95,313 bullets were...