Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)– A tribunal in Dhaka, which is holding trial of BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury for his alleged wartime offences, will deliver its verdict on Tuesday.
Chowdhury, 64-year old BNP standing committee member, is facing 23 charges of wartime offences which he allegedly committed during Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971.
“The judgement has prepared by this time. Let the case be fixed for delivery of judgement tomorrow,” announced Justice ATM Fazle Kabir, chairman of International Crimes Tribuanl-1, after the case was placed on the cause list of Tuesday’s proceedings, according to The Daily Star, a local newspaper, reported.
On December 16, 2010, law enforcers arrested Chowdhury at Banani in Dhaka in connection with torching a car at Moghbazar on June 26.
Later, he was shown arrested for his alleged involvement with crimes against humanity during the Liberation War, following an arrest warrant issued by a tribunal on December 19, 2010.
Salauddin was allegedly involved in the killings of Nutan Singh, founder of herbal medicine factory Kundeshwari Oushadhalaya, and 35 people at Jagatmallo Para and 69 others at Unasattar Para in Chittagong during the War of Independence, according to prosecutor.
Primary investigation shows Chowdhury with the help of Pakistan occupation forces led the murders and tortures near his Goods Hill residence in the port city, the prosecutor noted.
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