Testimony and opening statements begin om Monday in the case filed over the killing of nine people in Dhaka’s Mohammadpur during the July uprising, involving including former minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak and former Dhaka South City Corporation mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh, along with 28 accused.
The International Crimes Tribunal-1, headed by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Majumder, will hear the prosecution’s opening statement first on Monday, followed by the start of witness testimony.
Four accused are currently in custody. They are Naimul Hasan Russell, president of the banned Chhatra League’s Mohammadpur Thana unit, and vice-presidents Sajjad Hossain, Omar Faruk and Fazle Rabbi.
The remaining accused are absconding. They include former Dhaka Metropolitan Police commissioner Habibur Rahman, former additional DIG Proloy Kumar Joarder, former DMP joint commissioner Biplob Kumar Sarker, ADC Rawshunul Haque, MA Sattar, Tofail, Tarequzzaman, Arifur Rahman Tuhin, Ahad Hossain, Md. Yunus, Molla Rubel, Azizul Haque, Riaz Mahmud, Hridoy, Mainul Islam, Sheikh Bazlur Rahman, Zahir Uddin, Ayman, Sentu Mia and DNCC Ward No. 32 councillor Syed Hasan Nur Islam Rashtran, among others.
Earlier on 10 May, the tribunal framed charges based on three formal indictments filed by the prosecution and ordered the start of the trial against the 28 accused. At that time, the four jailed accused pleaded not guilty and sought justice, after which the tribunal set 8 June for opening statements and witness testimony.
