Qaisar’s war crimes trail verdict today

Court Correspondent: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-2) will deliver its judgment today (Tuesday) in the war crimes cases against former State Minister Syed Mohammad Qaisar.


The three-member bench of ICT-2, headed by Justice Obaidul Hasan, passed the order on Monday.


Qaisar, a former state minister during HM Ershad’s regime, was indicted on February 2 this year on 16 counts of charges that include mass killings, murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation, abduction and torture in confinement, rape and other inhuman acts.


The trial in the case began on March 4 and 32 prosecution witnesses placed their depositions at the tribunal.


The former state minister was arrested on May 16 last year, a day after the tribunal had issued an arrest warrant for him.


The investigation agency submitted the report on September 22 last year and the prosecution placed the formal charges on November 20.


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