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The International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday ordered the prosecution to submit formal charges against the detained four top Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leaders by December 5.
The tribunal of Justice Nizamul Huq, Justice ATM Fazle Kabir and judge AKM Zahir Ahmed passed the order after the prosecution submitted four investigation reports against Jamaat amir Matiur Rahman Nizami, secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and assistant secretaries general Mohammad Kamaruzzaman and Abdul Quader Molla.
The tribunal asked the prosecution whether separate formal charges would be pressed against the four.
Prosecutor Hyder Ali replied that the prosecution would make a decision on
the matter after examining the investigation reports and the evidence given in the
reports.
He also said that the investigation reports had found prima facie allegations against the four for committing offence under Section 3(2) of the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act 1973.
Prosecutor Ziad Al-Malum informed the tribunal that the war crimes investigators on Tuesday had submitted the final investigation report against Ghulam Azam, who was the Jamaat amir in 1971.
He also said that the prosecution would submit the report to the tribunal soon along with a petition in accordance with the law.
The tribunal, better known as the war crimes tribunal instituted for the trial of war crimes committed during the War of Independence in 1971, also rejected for the sixth time the application filed by the four seeking bail.
Since the prosecution has already submitted the investigation reports against the four, they cannot be entitled to get bail under Rule 25 of the set of rules of the tribunal, which stipulates that the tribunal can grant bail to an accused if the prosecution fails to submit investigation report against the person in a year of the detention of the person.
It also observed that no new grounds were placed in the applications for bail and the tribunal had earlier rejected similar applications on several occasions.
The tribunal also rejected an application filed by the four seeking discloser of the names of the prosecution witnesses in the case against Jamaat nayeb-e-amir Delwar Hossain Sayedee.
The tribunal observed that the identities of the witnesses cannot be disclosed on security grounds before the commencement of the trial in accordance with the law and the rules.
It disposed of an application filed by the defence counsels seeking its order on the National Library and Bangla Academy to allow their access to the copies of the Bengali daily Sangram published in 1971.
Defence counsel Tanveer Ahmed Al Amin argued that they had approached the authorities, who told them that no newspapers published in 1971 could be shown to anyone without permission of the tribunal.
The tribunal disposed of the application saying that it had not ordered any authority to bar any person’s access to any documents and it had no authority to direct any authority to allow any person’s access to any document.
It also disposed of an application moved by defence counsel Tajul Islam seeking discloser of the statements of the prosecution witnesses and video recording of the depositions to be made by the witnesses.
The tribunal said that it would ensure fair trial with recording the depositions of the witnesses in accordance with the law.
The prosecution submitted a 360-page investigation report against Nizami containing statements of 40 witnesses, a 366-page report against Mojaheed containing statements of 45 witnesses, a 327-page report on Kamaruzzaman containing statements of 37 witnesses and a 385-page report against Quader containing statements of 25 witnesses.
The investigation agency submitted to the prosecution a 360-page investigation report against Ghulam Azam containing statements of 40 witnesses.
Source: newagebd.com/newspaper1
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