War crimes trial

Charge sheet submitted against ex-Pak army man

The prosecution at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 yesterday filed chargesheet against Captain (retd) Mohammad Shahidullah, a former member of Pakistani occupation army, for committing crimes against humanity in 1971. “It is the first time we have submitted formal charge against any Pakistani army official of Bengali origin. The three-member tribunal led by Justice Md Shahinur Islam set on November 14 to pass order whether to take the three charges, that we brought against him, into cognizance,” said prosecutor Abul Kalam Azad. The ICT-1 on August 3, 2016, sent Muhammad Shahidullah, 73, to jail as the accused was brought to the tribunal by the police. Police arrested Shahidullah on August 2, who allegedly commanded a Pakistani army post in his ancestral district of Comilla in 1971, from his house in Golaper Char village under Daudkandi upazilla in Comilla.

War crimes trial

Charge sheet submitted against ex-Pak army man

The prosecution at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 yesterday filed chargesheet against Captain (retd) Mohammad Shahidullah, a former member of Pakistani occupation army, for committing crimes against humanity in 1971. It is the first time we have submitted formal charge against any Pakistani army official of Bengali origin. The three-member tribunal led by Justice Md Shahinur Islam set on November 14 to pass order whether to take the three charges, that we brought against him, into cognizance, said prosecutor Abul Kalam Azad. The ICT-1 on August 3, 2016, sent Muhammad Shahidullah, 73, to jail as the accused was brought to the tribunal by the police. Police arrested Shahidullah on August 2, who allegedly commanded a Pakistani army post in his ancestral district of Comilla in 1971, from his house in Golaper Char village under Daudkandi upazilla in Comilla.