File photo: Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina (Picture credit: PTI)

DHAKA: The Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal on Wednesday issued warrants for the arrest of former PM Sheikh Hasina, her security adviser Major General (retd) Tarique Ahmed Siddique and 26 others in two separate cases filed over alleged “enforced disappearances” during the Awami League govt’s tenure. The tribunal accepted the charges filed by the prosecution, including those of “crimes against humanity” and issued the arrest warrants after a hearing.While one case pertains to abduction of opposition activists and their torture at the Taskforce Interrogation Cell – allegedly run by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), the other is relates to detentions and torture at the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence’s Joint Interrogation Cell.Hasina, 78, faces multiple cases after being ousted last year following mass student-led agitation in the country.