The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), which is dealing crimes
against humanity involving the Liberation War, took into cognisance
charges against Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Molla on Wednesday.
The tribunal, headed by Justice Nizamul Huq, said the hearing on the charges against Molla will start on Jan 12.
It ordered the prosecution to submit necessary documents within Sunday.
Meanwhile, the tribunal asked the prosecution to resubmit charges against Jamaat assistant secretary-general Kamaruzzaman on Jan 12 and secretary-general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed on Jan 16.
The three-judge panel said the charges were not in order and asked to rearrange them.
The order on taking into cognisance the charges against Jamaat chief Matiur Rahman Nizami, however, will be issued on Jan 9 as the tribunal could not complete hearing the charges on Wednesday.
The prosecution submitted the charters of charges against Nizami, Kamaruzzman and Mojaheed on Dec 11 and Molla on Dec 18.
Earlier, the tribunal had ordered to submit charges against former Jamaat chief and key war crimes suspect Ghulam Azam.
The ICT investigation agency had launched investigation into the charges against the chief, the secretary-general and the assistant secretaries-general of the party in July last year.
The four leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami, a key ally of BNP, had been shown arrested in August last year for the charges of crimes against humanity committed in the 1971 war against Pakistani forces.
Charges against executive council member of the party Delwar Hossain Sayedee have already been framed and recording of witnesses' deposition started.
BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury is behind the bars for similar charges. Former BNP leader Abdul Alim, a member of the BNP founder Ziaur Rahman's cabinet, was also arrested and later freed on conditional bail for his age-related complications.
The tribunal, headed by Justice Nizamul Huq, said the hearing on the charges against Molla will start on Jan 12.
It ordered the prosecution to submit necessary documents within Sunday.
Meanwhile, the tribunal asked the prosecution to resubmit charges against Jamaat assistant secretary-general Kamaruzzaman on Jan 12 and secretary-general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed on Jan 16.
The three-judge panel said the charges were not in order and asked to rearrange them.
The order on taking into cognisance the charges against Jamaat chief Matiur Rahman Nizami, however, will be issued on Jan 9 as the tribunal could not complete hearing the charges on Wednesday.
The prosecution submitted the charters of charges against Nizami, Kamaruzzman and Mojaheed on Dec 11 and Molla on Dec 18.
Earlier, the tribunal had ordered to submit charges against former Jamaat chief and key war crimes suspect Ghulam Azam.
The ICT investigation agency had launched investigation into the charges against the chief, the secretary-general and the assistant secretaries-general of the party in July last year.
The four leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami, a key ally of BNP, had been shown arrested in August last year for the charges of crimes against humanity committed in the 1971 war against Pakistani forces.
Charges against executive council member of the party Delwar Hossain Sayedee have already been framed and recording of witnesses' deposition started.
BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury is behind the bars for similar charges. Former BNP leader Abdul Alim, a member of the BNP founder Ziaur Rahman's cabinet, was also arrested and later freed on conditional bail for his age-related complications.
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