BSS, Dhaka :
The prosecution at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on Tuesday started placing arguments against eight alleged Razakars and Al Badrs from Jamalpur, pleading for maximum punishment for committing crimes against humanity in 1971.
The eight accused are: Md Ashraf Hossain, Sharif Hossain, Abdul Mannan, Abdul Bari, Md Harun, Abul Hashem, Shamsul Haque and SM Eusuf Ali.
Prosecutor Tapas Kanti Baul placed arguments on four charges out of the total five, which were framed against the accused.
Justice Anwarul Haque, chairman of the three-member panel of the ICT-1, adjourned the hearing till tomorrow and asked the defence to be prepared to place their part of arguments after conclusion of prosecution hearing.
The ICT-1 on October 26 indicted the accused, framing five charges of crimes against humanity against them.
According to the prosecution, Ashraf was the president of then Islami Chhatra Sangha (ICS) in Jamalpur and founded Al-Badr in his locality in 1971. The other accused too were involved with ICS and its mother organization Jamaat and subsequently joined Al-Badr, Razakar and Peace Committee, notorious auxiliary forces of Pakistani occupation army.
They carried out mayhem in Jamalpur sub-division in 1971. In the indictment order, the tribunal charged them for committing abduction, confinement, torture, murder, plundering, arson and other notorious activities.
The prosecution at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on Tuesday started placing arguments against eight alleged Razakars and Al Badrs from Jamalpur, pleading for maximum punishment for committing crimes against humanity in 1971.
The eight accused are: Md Ashraf Hossain, Sharif Hossain, Abdul Mannan, Abdul Bari, Md Harun, Abul Hashem, Shamsul Haque and SM Eusuf Ali.
Prosecutor Tapas Kanti Baul placed arguments on four charges out of the total five, which were framed against the accused.
Justice Anwarul Haque, chairman of the three-member panel of the ICT-1, adjourned the hearing till tomorrow and asked the defence to be prepared to place their part of arguments after conclusion of prosecution hearing.
The ICT-1 on October 26 indicted the accused, framing five charges of crimes against humanity against them.
According to the prosecution, Ashraf was the president of then Islami Chhatra Sangha (ICS) in Jamalpur and founded Al-Badr in his locality in 1971. The other accused too were involved with ICS and its mother organization Jamaat and subsequently joined Al-Badr, Razakar and Peace Committee, notorious auxiliary forces of Pakistani occupation army.
They carried out mayhem in Jamalpur sub-division in 1971. In the indictment order, the tribunal charged them for committing abduction, confinement, torture, murder, plundering, arson and other notorious activities.
