ICT orders to send NSI ex-DG to jail

Staff Correspondent: International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has ordered to send former Director General (DG) of National Security Intelligence (NSI) M Wahidul Haque to jail.

The tribunal also fixed May 10 the next hearing date of the case.

A two-member ICT tribunal headed by Justice Amir Hossain passed the order on Wednesday.

International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Prosecutor Barrister Turin Afroz stood for the state.
 M Wahidul Haque was produced before ICT around 11.00am.

He was arrested from a residence in the capital’s Baridhara area on Tuesday in a case filed over his alleged involvement in committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.

Earlier, an arrest warrant was issued against Wahidul Haque on charge of committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.

Barrister Turin Afroz said Wahidul was involved in killing some 600 persons at Rangpur Cantonment on March 28 in 1971.


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