War crimes trial

6 charges pressed against �Razakar� duo

The prosecution at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 yesterday submitted formal charge against Kishoreganj Razakar duo Syed Mohammad Hossain and Moslem Prodhan, reports BSS. Senior prosecutor Tureen Afroz submitted formal charge, bringing six specific charges including the charge for war crimes against any accused in this tribunal for the first time. "They have caused war crimes by detaining and subsequently killing two Freedom Fighters violating Geneva Convention," Tureen said. Justice Anwarul Haque, chairman of the two-member panel of the ICT-1 set December 29 for passing order, whether to take the charges into cognizance. Earlier on July 7, now defunct ICT-2 issued arrest warrant against the duo. Police arrested Moslem the next day from his home in village Kamarhati under Nikli upazila of Kishoreganj. But Hossain is still at large and believed to be in Malaysia. Hossain is the younger brother of death-row-convict Syed Md Hassan alias Hachen Ali, who was sentenced to death in his absence by the ICT-1 on June 9 for his heinous crimes against humanity in 1971.

War crimes trial

6 charges pressed against �Razakar� duo

The prosecution at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 yesterday submitted formal charge against Kishoreganj Razakar duo Syed Mohammad Hossain and Moslem Prodhan, reports BSS. Senior prosecutor Tureen Afroz submitted formal charge, bringing six specific charges including the charge for war crimes against any accused in this tribunal for the first time. They have caused war crimes by detaining and subsequently killing two Freedom Fighters violating Geneva Convention, Tureen said. Justice Anwarul Haque, chairman of the two-member panel of the ICT-1 set December 29 for passing order, whether to take the charges into cognizance. Earlier on July 7, now defunct ICT-2 issued arrest warrant against the duo. Police arrested Moslem the next day from his home in village Kamarhati under Nikli upazila of Kishoreganj. But Hossain is still at large and believed to be in Malaysia. Hossain is the younger brother of death-row-convict Syed Md Hassan alias Hachen Ali, who was sentenced to death in his absence by the ICT-1 on June 9 for his heinous crimes against humanity in 1971.