War crimes trial
Case hearing against nine Jessore Razakars ends today
BSS
Hearing in the crimes against humanity case against nine alleged Razakars including former Jamaat lawmaker Mawlana Sakhawat Hossain is scheduled to end today as the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 has set one hour each to prosecution and defence to conclude their part of arguments on the day, reports BSS.
The defence will get one more hour today to conclude their arguments. The prosecution too will get one hour after that to place their rebuttal, said Justice Anwarul Haque, chairman of the three-member panel of the ICT-1.
Yesterday, the prosecution concluded their arguments in the case.
The other eight accused in the case are Billal Hossain, Lutfor Morol, Md Ibrahim Hossain, Sheikh Md Mujibur Rahman, Md Abdul Aziz Sarder, Qazi Ohidul Islam alias Wahidur Salam, Md Aziz Sarder and Abdul Khalek Morol. Of these, Lutfor died of cardiac arrest in police custody on May 6, 2016, leaving only Sakhawat and Billal in jail.
A total of 17 prosecution witnesses including investigation officer Abdur Razzak Khan testified against the accused.
The first tribunal on December 23, 2015, indicted the accused framing five charges of crimes against humanity.
