Show-Cause, Cross-Examination
ICT-1 re-fixes dates
The ICT-1 yesterday rescheduled for January 15 to pass orders on two show-cause notices served on three defence lawyers and for January 20 to hold the cross-examination of a prosecution witness in a war crimes case against Motiur Rahman Nizami.
The notices were served on defence lawyers Tajul Islam, Mizanul Islam and Tanvir Ahmed Al-Amin for “misconductâ€. The cross-examination was deferred as Nizami could not be produced at the tribunal.
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 also fixed January 14 to pass order on a petition filed by war crimes accused Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.
In the petition, Salauddin sought an order on whether the tribunal's members or chairman were privy to alleged Skype conversations between the former ICT-1 chairman and an expatriate Bangladeshi legal expert.
The tribunal yesterday also heard submission of two petitions filed by the defence seeking to initiate contempt of court proceedings against a journalist of ATN News and a journalist and the director general of Bangladesh Television.
In the petitions, the trio was accused of interfering with justice delivery and prejudicing the war crimes case against Delawar Hossain Sayedee.
The tribunal-1 yesterday also granted bail to a war crimes suspect, Rustam Ali Shikdar, till April 30, asking him to appear that day, and directed the prosecution to submit the progress report of investigations against him by then.
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