DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 fixed Sunday for recording deposition of the 8th witness against three war crimes accused of Bagerhat district in eight charges.

The accused are Latif Talukder, Akram Hossain Khan and Siraj Master.

A three-member tribunal led-by Justice M Enayetur Rahim Thursday fixed the date due to technical problem in tribunal’s typing machine.

Earlier on Wednesday, Siraj’s lawyer Abul Hasan and, Latif and Akram’s lawyer Barrister M Sarwar Hossain partially quizzed Martyr’s son Ananda Lal Das, the 8th witness of the case.

Prosecutor Sayedul Haque Suman stood for the state during the hearing.

However, lawyer Barrister M Sarwar Hossain appealed to take steps against investigation officer of the case Helal Uddin alleging that he was helping the witnesses during the hearing.

The tribunal also fixed December 28 for the hearing in this regard.

On December 3, seven other witnesses Dilip Das, Shaylendra Nath Das, Kamala Rani Chakrabarty, martyr’s wife Tapan Kumar Das, martyr’s son Arun Das, Nimai Chandra Das and martyr’s son Nandalal Das give their statement.

On November 5, charge-sheet was formed against the accused.

On September 14, the prosecution submitted eight charges against three war crimes accused for their alleged crimes against humanity in Bagerhat during the country’s Liberation War.
The allegations against the accused include murder, mass killing, rape, loot and forcible religious conversion.

Some 64 people were made witnesses against the accused.

Latif Talukder was arrested on June 11, Akram Hossain Khan on June 19 and Siraj Master on July 21 a day after arrest warrant issued by ICT-1.

Latif, Akram and Siraj conducted crimes in Shakharibazar area of Kachua upazila in Bagerhat district.

In 2009, Nimai Chandra Roy, son of martyr Jitendra Nath Das at Raghudattakathi village filed the case against 12 people.

BDST: 1901 HRS, DEC 18, 2014