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DHAKA: The International Crime Tribunal-1 on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of central leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and chairman of Diganta Media Corporation Mir Kashem Ali on war crime charges.
Meanwhile, the tribunal asked the authority concerned to produced him before the tribunal again and submit the progress report on investigation into the war crime charges brought against him on July 5.
A three-member tribunal led by Justice Nizamul Haque passed the order after hearing the bail petition filed by the detained Jamaat leader.
Earlier on Monday, the International Crime Tribunal-1 fixed Tuesday for hearing the bail petition of the central leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.
Earlier in the day, the Jamaat leader was produced before the tribunal at about 10am and appealed for bail. He was sent to the jail again after the hearing.
On Sunday, a team of Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested him from the Daily Nayadiganta Office in the city around 4:45pm just an hour after the Tribunal-1 issued an arrest warrant against the Jamaat leader.
Later, the International Crimes Tribunal-1 set Monday to hold the hearing against the Jamaat central leader as he was produced before the tribunal after 4:00pm.
The tribunal sent him to jail on the same day.
International Crimes Tribunal-1 on the same day issued arrest warrant against Jamaat-e-Islami central leader for his alleged involvement in crimes against humanity in 1971.
In its ruling, the tribunal also asked the Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner to ensure execution of the order and to produce him before the court within 24 hours.
Sources said Mir Kashem was allegedly involved in crimes against humanity as coordinator of a torture cell in the port city set up by the occupation forces during the Liberation War in 1971.
On September 25, 2010, the visiting investigation team of International Crimes Tribunal got information that Pakistani army personnel and their local collaborators including Mir Kashem set up the torture cell at Dalim Hotel on Nazir Ahmed Chowdhury lane.
Witnesses told tribunal that the Al Badar Bahini led by Mir Kashem occupied the Mahamaya Bhaban on Old Telegraph Road in Chittagong and turned it into a torture cell naming it as ‘Dalim Bhaban’.
In that building, several progressive leaders and organisers including NAP leader Saifuddin Khan and Selim Chowdhury were taken and tortured by the Al Badar Bahini.
As recognition of his success as Al Badar commander, Mir Kasehm was given promotion as the third in command of the force. Kashem was the then president of Jamaat’s student wing Islami Chhatra Sangha.
Mir Kashem Ali, Chairman of Rabeta-E-Alam, an NGO funded by Saudi Arabia, established a vernacular daily named Naya Diganta in 2004. It was later disclosed that, Arab sources invested more that 20 million dollars in this project.
Meanwhile, the tribunal asked the authority concerned to produced him before the tribunal again and submit the progress report on investigation into the war crime charges brought against him on July 5.
A three-member tribunal led by Justice Nizamul Haque passed the order after hearing the bail petition filed by the detained Jamaat leader.
Earlier on Monday, the International Crime Tribunal-1 fixed Tuesday for hearing the bail petition of the central leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.
Earlier in the day, the Jamaat leader was produced before the tribunal at about 10am and appealed for bail. He was sent to the jail again after the hearing.
On Sunday, a team of Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested him from the Daily Nayadiganta Office in the city around 4:45pm just an hour after the Tribunal-1 issued an arrest warrant against the Jamaat leader.
Later, the International Crimes Tribunal-1 set Monday to hold the hearing against the Jamaat central leader as he was produced before the tribunal after 4:00pm.
The tribunal sent him to jail on the same day.
International Crimes Tribunal-1 on the same day issued arrest warrant against Jamaat-e-Islami central leader for his alleged involvement in crimes against humanity in 1971.
In its ruling, the tribunal also asked the Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner to ensure execution of the order and to produce him before the court within 24 hours.
Sources said Mir Kashem was allegedly involved in crimes against humanity as coordinator of a torture cell in the port city set up by the occupation forces during the Liberation War in 1971.
On September 25, 2010, the visiting investigation team of International Crimes Tribunal got information that Pakistani army personnel and their local collaborators including Mir Kashem set up the torture cell at Dalim Hotel on Nazir Ahmed Chowdhury lane.
Witnesses told tribunal that the Al Badar Bahini led by Mir Kashem occupied the Mahamaya Bhaban on Old Telegraph Road in Chittagong and turned it into a torture cell naming it as ‘Dalim Bhaban’.
In that building, several progressive leaders and organisers including NAP leader Saifuddin Khan and Selim Chowdhury were taken and tortured by the Al Badar Bahini.
As recognition of his success as Al Badar commander, Mir Kasehm was given promotion as the third in command of the force. Kashem was the then president of Jamaat’s student wing Islami Chhatra Sangha.
Mir Kashem Ali, Chairman of Rabeta-E-Alam, an NGO funded by Saudi Arabia, established a vernacular daily named Naya Diganta in 2004. It was later disclosed that, Arab sources invested more that 20 million dollars in this project.
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