DHAKA: Mir Quasem Ali, whose verdict will be delivered on Sunday, is indicted on 14 charges of 1971 crimes against humanity.
The accused faces the charges for allegedly committing the crimes in Chittagong during Liberation War in 1971.
Mir Quasem Ali, however, faces the charges of abduction, confinement and torture of M Omar-ul-Islam on November 8, 1971 and for the abduction, confinement and torture of Lutfar Rahman Faruq on November 19, 1971.
He faces the charges of abducting, Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on November 22 or 23 and torturing him in confinement until December 16, abducting Saifuddin Khan on November 24, torturing him in confinement until the morning of December 17, abducting Abdul Jabbar Member on November 25 and torturing him in confinement until December 13, 1971.
He, moreover, faces the charges of abducting Harun-or-Rashid on November 28, 1971 and torturing him in confinement until December 16, 1971, abducting M Sanaullah Chowdhury and two others on November 27, 1971 and torturing them in confinement until December 9, 1971, abducting Nurul Quddus and three others on November 29, 1971 and torturing them in confinement until December 16, 1971, abducting Syed M Emran and five others on November 29, 1971 and torturing them in confinement until December 16, 1971.
The Jamaat leader faces the charge of abducting M Zakaria and three others on November 29, 1971 and torturing them in confinement until December 16, 1971.
He faces the charge of abduction of six persons including Jasim and torturing them in confinement from the day of Eid-ul-Fitr in 1971 to November 28, 1971, subsequently killing them and concealing their bodies.
Mir Quasem Ali faces the charge of abduction of Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, Tuntu Sen and Ranjit Das alias Latu and torturing them in confinement, looting and setting their houses on fire, later killing Ranjit and Tuntu in November 1971.
He, nevertheless, faces the charge of abducting Sunil Kanti alias Dulal and Nasiruddin Chowdhury towards the end of November 1971 and torturing them in confinement until December 16, 1971.
BDST: 0939 HRS, NOV 02, 2014
