Dhaka, May 16 (bdnews24.com) – The International Crimes Tribunal-2 will decide on May 28 whether to frame charges against the Jamaat-e-Islami Assistant Secretary General Abdul Quader Molla.
The ICT-2, led by Justice A T M Fazle Kabir, fixed the date after completing indictment hearing where the prosecution argued for framing charges against Molla.
Indictment hearing of the Jamaat leader began on Mar 7 at ICT-1 with the prosecution presenting seven charges against him. It was later shifted to ICT-2 on Apr 16 following a prosecution petition.
A case was filed with Keraniganj police on Dec 17, 2007 against a number of Jamaat leaders including Molla for killing a person named 'Mostofa' during the Liberation War. Another case was filed against him with Pallabi police in 2008. He was arrested on July 13, 2010 for the second case.
The prosecution brought crimes against humanity charges including murder, rape and arson in its probe report placed at the tribunal on Nov 1 last year. The court took it into cognisance on Dec 28 the same year.
The prosecution report said the Jamaat leader operated in Mirpur and Mohammadpur areas of Dhaka during the war and started killing Bengalis from March 25 midnight of 1971. Local Biharis assisted him in his killing and he also took part in the genocide at Mirpur's Alokdi village and was named the 'Butcher of Bengalis' for his atrocities.
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