Jamaat top brass on detention till July 12
The International Crimes Tribunal yesterday directed the jail authorities to keep four top Jamaat-e-Islami leaders including Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami detained until July 12 in connection with crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.
The three others are Jamaat Secretary General Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed and assistant secretaries general Muhammad Kamaruzzaman and Abdul Quader Molla. The four leaders were produced before the court in the morning.
The order came following a petition filed by the prosecution on May 31.
The three-member tribunal headed by Justice Nizamul Huq asked the prosecutors to submit the final report on the investigation into allegations against them by July 12.
The court asked for a progress report on the investigation if the prosecution fails to place the final report on time.
It also instructed the jail authorities to allow Nizami and Mojaheed to take treatment at Birdem Hospital, if necessary, at their own cost and arrange special food for them as they are diabetic patients.
Upon two other separate petitions, the tribunal allowed interrogation of Kamaruzzaman and Abdul Quader Molla at Dhanmondi "safe home" for one day each on charges of war crimes.
The Jamaat leaders will be interrogated from 10:00am to 5:00pm with an hour's break from 1:00pm, the tribunal said adding that the investigators would fix the dates for interrogation.
A doctor and a counsel of the accused will be present at a room adjacent to the interrogation room. The doctor will examine the health condition of the accused before and after the interrogations.
The tribunal also directed the investigators not to exert any pressure on them during interrogation. The interrogations will be held in Bangla so the accused can understand questions and can reply properly.
Syed Rezaur Rahman and Mukhlesur Rahman Badal appeared as prosecutors while M Tajul Islam and Munshi Ahsan Kabir argued for the accused persons.
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