Ict-1
Witness, wife get death threats
A prosecution witness in a case being heard at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 and his wife received death threats over phone some 20 minutes before the trial proceedings began yesterday.
The case accuses Salauddin Quader Chowdhury of committing crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.
In a span of three minutes, the witness, Sirajul Islam, in Dhaka, and his wife, in Chittagong, received the calls from the same phone, said prosecutor Zead Al Malum.
ICT-1 Chairman Justice Md Nizamul Huq told Zead to file a general diary with police and submit its copy to the tribunal.
Sirajul, cross-examined by the defence counsel yesterday, had given deposition against Salauddin on May 24 and 27. The case proceedings were adjourned till May 12.
ICT-1 yesterday fixed June 11 for hearing on the review petition over the acceptance of statements of 15 witnesses, shown absent by the prosecution.
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