1971 WAR CRIMES
Tribunal sends 4 top Jamaat leaders to jail
Dhaka, Aug 2 (bdnews24.com)—In its first ruling on Monday, the International Crimes Tribunal ordered four top leaders of the fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami to be kept in jail.
Jamaat chief Matiur Rahman Nizami, secretary general Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed, assistant secretary general Muhammad Kamaruzzaman and Abdul Quader Molla were sent back to Dhaka Central Jail after a brief hearing that lasted barely 15 minutes.
The trial ended at around 10:45am on Monday with the judges sending the quartet off to jail after taking their attendance.
The tribunal also asked authorities to keep them arrested and adjourned the hearing indefinitely without specifying a date for the next hearing.
The four have been charged with crimes against humanity during nation's war f independence in 1971.
The trial started minutes after the quartet was produced before the court in the hearing chamber around 10:30am.
Around 9:55am, the Jamaat leaders were brought in from the jail under tight security in a police van. They were taken to the court's custodial chamber at 9:58am.
Justices ATM Fazle Kabir, Md Nizamul Huq and AKM Zahir Ahmed were already present at the court.
Earlier, Dhaka Central Jail authorities said that the suspects will be produced before the court at 10am on Monday.
This tribunal, on July 26, ordered the quartet to be produced before it on Monday (Aug 2) after hearing a petition pleading to show the Jamaat leaders arrested in a case that charged them with crimes against humanity during the war in 1971.
Tough security measures were taken in and around the court premises. Beside RAB and police forces, plainclothesmen were also on duty.
The Jamaat quartet was shown arrested in line with section 3/2 of the International Crimes (Tribunal) Act-1973. The charges under the criminal law are murder, arson, loot and rape.
Nizami, Mojaheed, Kamaruzzaman and Molla have several cases, including murder of freedom fighters, filed against them with the capital's Pallabi and Keraniganj police stations.
The long-awaited trial of war criminals started on Mar 25 when the Awami League-led government formulated a war crimes tribunal, prosecutors' panel and investigation agency.
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Jamaat chief Matiur Rahman Nizami, secretary general Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed, assistant secretary general Muhammad Kamaruzzaman and Abdul Quader Molla were sent back to Dhaka Central Jail after a brief hearing that lasted barely 15 minutes.
The trial ended at around 10:45am on Monday with the judges sending the quartet off to jail after taking their attendance.
The tribunal also asked authorities to keep them arrested and adjourned the hearing indefinitely without specifying a date for the next hearing.
The four have been charged with crimes against humanity during nation's war f independence in 1971.
The trial started minutes after the quartet was produced before the court in the hearing chamber around 10:30am.
Around 9:55am, the Jamaat leaders were brought in from the jail under tight security in a police van. They were taken to the court's custodial chamber at 9:58am.
Justices ATM Fazle Kabir, Md Nizamul Huq and AKM Zahir Ahmed were already present at the court.
Earlier, Dhaka Central Jail authorities said that the suspects will be produced before the court at 10am on Monday.
This tribunal, on July 26, ordered the quartet to be produced before it on Monday (Aug 2) after hearing a petition pleading to show the Jamaat leaders arrested in a case that charged them with crimes against humanity during the war in 1971.
Tough security measures were taken in and around the court premises. Beside RAB and police forces, plainclothesmen were also on duty.
The Jamaat quartet was shown arrested in line with section 3/2 of the International Crimes (Tribunal) Act-1973. The charges under the criminal law are murder, arson, loot and rape.
Nizami, Mojaheed, Kamaruzzaman and Molla have several cases, including murder of freedom fighters, filed against them with the capital's Pallabi and Keraniganj police stations.
The long-awaited trial of war criminals started on Mar 25 when the Awami League-led government formulated a war crimes tribunal, prosecutors' panel and investigation agency.
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