War Crimes Trial
Proceedings adjourned as PW falls sick
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) adjourned the trial proceedings against Jamaat leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee till today, as a witness fell sick during his deposition yesterday.
Madhusudan Gharami, the 23rd prosecution witness, will give the rest of his deposition before the tribunal with special arrangements today in a case filed against Sayedee in connection with the crimes against humanity during the Liberation War of 1971.
Prosecutor Rana Dasgupta told The Daily Star that the witness would be lying on sickbed in the courtroom and a doctor would be present during the proceedings today.
Madhusudhan, 81, had been in the hospital for over a week due to old age and other complications and he left the hospital on Monday, he said.
The elderly man started his deposition after the tribunal took the charges over crimes against humanity against another Jamaat leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman into cognisance around 10:40am yesterday.
As Madhusudan fell sick within few minutes after answering some questions, the tribunal adjourned the proceedings.
During his unfinished deposition, Madhusudhan told the court that he is aware about the Liberation War of the country and he used to work as carpenter at that time. He had his mother, two elder sisters, and a brother during the war, he said.
Sayedee, a top leader of Jamaat-e-Islami, is among six Jamaat leaders including its former chief Ghulam Azam and two BNP leaders who are facing war crime charges.
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