Nov 19 set for charge submission
International Crimes Tribunal-1 has set November 19 for the prosecution to submit formal charges against two alleged Razakars of Kishoreganj for their involvement in crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.
The three-member Tribunal-1 led by Justice Anwarul Haque fixed the date after prosecutor Tureen Afroz filed the petition seeking six weeks for preparations. “We received the investigation report this morning,” she said.
On Wednesday, investigation agencies disclosed findings against Syed Mohammad Hussain alias Hossain, 64, and Muhammad Moslem Pradhan, 66.
They were involved in the killing of at least 63 people in Nikli and Kishoreganj sadar upazilas, the agency's coordinator Abdul Hannan Khan told journalists at its Dhanmondi office.
They were also allegedly involved in the abduction and confinement of at least 11 people and looting and torching of at least 250 houses there between mid-August and November 26.
Hussain, younger brother of convicted war criminal Syed Hasan Ali, who was tried in absentia, fled to Malaysia on May 21 last year. Moslem is now in jail on being arrested on July 8 this year.
Meanwhile, the tribunal fixed December 12 for the submission of the progress report on the ongoing investigation into crimes against humanity allegedly committed by Jamaat-e-Islami's Satkhira unit ameer, Abdul Khaleq Mandol.
Prosecutor Rezia Sultana Chaman sought three months saying the investigation began on August. According to the investigation agency, Khaleq allegedly committed murders and rapes during the Liberation War.
The tribunal also recorded testimony of the 21st witness, Hossain Ali, in the crimes against humanity case of Obaidul Hoque alias Taher and Ataur Rahman alias Noni.
Hossain, who was a staff of a press in Netrakona, said the duo along with other Razakars and the Pakistani occupation army killed one Fazlur Rahman and local footballer Dabir on a day of Baishakh and Ashwin respectively in 1971.
Afterwards, defence counsels cross-examined the witness. Proceedings were adjourned until October 20.
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