SC hearing prosecution

Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah was directly and indirectly involved in killing hundreds of civilians and freedom fighters during the Liberation War, Additional Attorney General MK Rahman told the Supreme Court yesterday.
Quoting from a war crimes trial verdict, he said Mollah and his aides murdered pro-liberation poet Meherun Nesa, her mother and two brothers at their home at Mirpur on March 27, 1971.
The additional attorney general was placing his arguments before the apex court on the third day of the hearing on the government's appeal.
The appeal was filed on March 3 seeking death penalty for Mollah for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on February 5 handed down lifetime imprisonment to Mollah for his wartime offences.
After concluding yesterday's proceedings, the Appellate Division fixed Sunday for further hearing on the appeal.
Rahman told the apex court that members of Pakistani occupation forces and around 50 non-Bangalees led by Mollah raided Alubdi village of Mirpur on April 24, 1971 and carried out an attack on unarmed villagers and killed 344 people.
The additional attorney general said Mollah being accompanied by some Biharis and Pakistani army killed Hazrat Ali Laskar and his family members at Mirpur on March 26, 1971.
The Jamaat leader being accompanied by members of Al Badr, Razakar and non-Bangalees killed one Khandakar Abu Taleb at Mirpur on March 29, 1971, he said, adding that all the charges were proved before the tribunal.
Rahman also read out the charges which were not proved before the tribunal against Mollah.