DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 is set to pronounce the verdict in war crimes case against Jamaat Assistant Secretary General ATM Azharul Islam on Tuesday.
The tribunal on Monday the kept the case on the top of the cause list for Tuesday.
On September 18, the court kept the judgment ‘CAV’ (curia advisari vult or keeping the judgment until a later time).
ATM Azhar is facing a total of six charges, including abduction, confinement, torture, killing, conspiracy and genocide.
1st Charge
Azhar was “directly’ involved in abduction of National Awami Party (NAP-Bhashani) leader and one of the organisers of the Liberation War AY Mahfuz Ali alias Jarrej Mia and 11 others between March 24 and March 27, and torture for several days.
All the detainees were shot dead at Dakhiganj Cremation Ground in Rangpur town on April 3, 1971.
2nd Charge
A total of 15 unarmed Bangalees of Dhap Para in Badarganj were shot dead on April 16, 1971 and houses of the village were torched after looting. Azhar was “involved” in these atrocities.
3rd Charge
Azhar was “involved” in killing over 1,200 unarmed Bangalees of Jharuar Beel of Badarganj were killed on April 17, 1971.
4th Charge
Azhar was “involved” in the abduction and killing of four professors of Rangpur Carmichael College and the wife of one of them. They were abducted from their houses on the college campus and shot dead near Damdama Bridge on April 30, 1971.
5th Charge
Azhar was “involved’ in torturing a person of Gupta Para at Rangpur town in mid-November.
6th Charge
On December 1, 1971, another person was abducted from Betpatti of the town and was tortured in confinement in the Muslim Hostel of Rangpur College.
Investigation agency quizzed Azhar at ‘Safe Home’ on February 11 this year.
Azhar was allegedly involved in the crimes against humanity, including murder, rape, torture and confinement, committed during War of Independence in 1971.
Azharul was arrested from his residence in the city’s Moghbazar area hours after the tribunal had issued an arrest warrant against him on August 22, 2012.
BDST: 0810 HRS, DEC 30, 2014
