Thursday, June 21, 2012

Opening statement against Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Molla placed,Bangladesh


BANGLADESH NEWS

DHAKA: Reading out the opening statement accusing Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Molla of ‘crimes against humanity’ conducted during the liberation war completed at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 on Wednesday.

The tribunal also asked to begin submission of depositions and arguments in the final spell of the trial process from July 3.

Prosecutors Mohammad Ali and Sultan Mahmud read out the 96-page opening statement before the three-member tribunal led-by Justice ATM Fazle Kabir.

In the opening statement, they elaborated six charges against the Jamaat leader.

On May 28, the ICT -2 framed charges against Jamaat leader Quader Molla, detained for trial on charges of wartime crimes against humanity during liberation war in 1971.

In the opening statement, prosecutors informed the court that Quader Molla was involved in killing of 344 people at Alokdi village of city’s Pallabi area, killing of Khandaker Abu Taleb, murder of seven people including Bangla College student Pallab, mass killing in different villages of Keranignaj during the liberation war. 

On December 28 in the last year, the ICT took into cognizance the formal charge against detained Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Molla in connection with his alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during liberation war.

On July 13, 2010, Abdul Quader Molla was arrested from the High Court gate in a murder-and-arson case filed with Pallabi Thana by an injured freedom fighter in January 2008.

On August 2, 2010, he was shown arrest on charge of crimes against humanity.

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