An assistant librarian of Bangla Academy testified before the first war crimes tribunal as a seizure list witness against Jamaat-e-Islami guru Ghulam Azam.
The 39-year old man vouched for documents that investigation officer Matiur Rahman had seized from his custody which mostly consisted of newspaper and clippings from Jamaat mouthpiece Sangram and the daily Azad from 1971.
The three-judge International Crimes Tribunal–1, set up to try crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War, also extended the bail of one Mohammad Mobarak Ali by a further two months.
The tribunal gave a two-month bail to one Mobarak on Jul 16, who was in custody for almost nine months till then. Mobarak's counsel will produce him in the court on Sep 16.
Tribunal chairman Justice Mohammad Nizamul Huq had noted in his initial order that the investigation agency had not begun any probe although it had received the case documents earlier.
Prosecutor Zead-Al-Malum showed the court that the investigators had started probing the case on Jul 15. Justice Huq noted that the investigation had begun 'yesterday' while all this time Mobarak had been in custody.
The tribunal chief said, "A person should not suffer for the fault of others." He also noted that Mobarak "has been suffering for his belief in the courts and for following the court's order".
S M Shahjahan, the petitioner's counsel told the court that his client had initially been given bail by the High Court but later was told to surrender to the trial court on Oct 19, 2011 when a Brahmanbaria court took him in custody, having already transferred his case to the tribunal.
Justice Huq, noting that investigation had not begun in all this time, said, "We cannot say that this custody had been a proper one."
The court said in its order that it was thus inclined to enlarge Mobarak on bail for two months.
The court also noted that there were 645 cases that had been transferred to the tribunal from lower courts for investigation that remain pending with the investigation agency. The order also noted that according to the submissions of Prosecutor Malum, there were four such persons out of the 645, who were in custody.
Mohammad Mobarak's case was first lodged at Brahmanbaria by one Khodeja Begum, widow of Abdul Khaleque on May 3, 2009. Since then Mobarak had remained on bail which was extended from time to time but was eventually refused.
The 39-year old man vouched for documents that investigation officer Matiur Rahman had seized from his custody which mostly consisted of newspaper and clippings from Jamaat mouthpiece Sangram and the daily Azad from 1971.
The three-judge International Crimes Tribunal–1, set up to try crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War, also extended the bail of one Mohammad Mobarak Ali by a further two months.
The tribunal gave a two-month bail to one Mobarak on Jul 16, who was in custody for almost nine months till then. Mobarak's counsel will produce him in the court on Sep 16.
Tribunal chairman Justice Mohammad Nizamul Huq had noted in his initial order that the investigation agency had not begun any probe although it had received the case documents earlier.
Prosecutor Zead-Al-Malum showed the court that the investigators had started probing the case on Jul 15. Justice Huq noted that the investigation had begun 'yesterday' while all this time Mobarak had been in custody.
The tribunal chief said, "A person should not suffer for the fault of others." He also noted that Mobarak "has been suffering for his belief in the courts and for following the court's order".
S M Shahjahan, the petitioner's counsel told the court that his client had initially been given bail by the High Court but later was told to surrender to the trial court on Oct 19, 2011 when a Brahmanbaria court took him in custody, having already transferred his case to the tribunal.
Justice Huq, noting that investigation had not begun in all this time, said, "We cannot say that this custody had been a proper one."
The court said in its order that it was thus inclined to enlarge Mobarak on bail for two months.
The court also noted that there were 645 cases that had been transferred to the tribunal from lower courts for investigation that remain pending with the investigation agency. The order also noted that according to the submissions of Prosecutor Malum, there were four such persons out of the 645, who were in custody.
Mohammad Mobarak's case was first lodged at Brahmanbaria by one Khodeja Begum, widow of Abdul Khaleque on May 3, 2009. Since then Mobarak had remained on bail which was extended from time to time but was eventually refused.
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