Arrest warrant issued for five Gaibandha men
International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday issued an arrest warrant against five persons from Gaibandha sadar upazila and showed another from the area arrested in a case over their alleged involvement in crimes during the 1971 Liberation War.
In another similar case, the tribunal accepted prosecutor Rezia Sultana Chaman's petition seeking three more months and directed submitting on July 31 an investigation report, which was due yesterday, centring allegations against five Netrakona men.
Azizur Rahman, 65, Ashak Ali, 82, Md Shahnewaz, 88, and Ramjan Ali, 78, of Durgapur upazila of Netrakona are in jail while Azizur's brother Khalilur Rahman, 72, is on the run.
In the Gaibandha case, police could not arrest anyone till 10:15pm yesterday, the case's investigation officer, Helal Uddin, told The Daily Star.
The three-member tribunal led by Justice Anwarul Haque with members Justice Md Shahinur Islam and Justice Md Shohrowardi issued the warrant in response to a petition filed by the prosecution.
In it, prosecutor Hrishikesh Saha said investigations began on October 12, 2015 and the investigation officer already found evidence over the “involvement” of the six in two mass killings, including one where seven freedom fighters had fallen victim.
He said the accused, “involved” with Razakar Bahini, needed to be kept under arrest for the sake of proper investigations as they may go into hiding.
Of the six, Ranju Miah was arrested on May 19 in another case and is now in a Gaibandha jail. The court fixed July 27 to pass the next order.
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