DHAKA: A petition was filed to bring contempt of court charge against founder of Gonoshasthaya Kendra Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury for terming three judges of International Crimes Tribunal-2 as “mentally sick”.

Three freedom fighters and a faction of Gonojagoron Mancha on Monday filed the petition to tribunal registrar.

The petitioners are Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra artiste Monoranjan Ghosal, freedom fighter Sheikh Nazrul Islam and Ali Asgar and convener of a faction of Gonojagoron Mancha Kamal Pahsa Chowdhury and activist M Shamim Aziz.

The petition will be enlisted in the Tuesday’s cause list of the tribunal headed by Justice Obaidul Hasan.

On June 10, ICT-2 sentenced Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, one of the 23 noted citizens who published a statement over the conviction of Dhaka-based British journalist David Bergman, one-hour jail and fined Tk 5,000 for contempt of court acquitting the 22 others.

Later, he served one-hour imprisonment from 12:49pm-1:49pm but declined to pay Tk 5,000 fine.

However, prior to that, Dr Zafrullah argued and misbehaved with the judges and said, ‘You (tribunal judges) misused your power’.

After serving the sentence, he also termed the tribunal judges as ‘mentally sick’.

BDST: 1351 HRS, JULY 06, 2015
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** Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury jailed, fined