Dhaka, Aug 30 The first war crimes tribunal of Bangladesh has adjourned a case against BNP MP Salauddin Quader Chowdhury until Sunday responding to a defence plea. With the new judge, Justice Jahangir Hossain, attending the court for the first time on Thursday, Salauddin Quader's counsel Ahsanul Huq appealed for time.
The second war crimes tribunal saw cross-examination of the first witness against Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujaheed. It remains incomplete and war crimes activist Shahriar Kabir, a former journalist, is set to take the stand again on Sunday when he will face Mizanul Islam.
Mizanul Islam, who has been leading the trial of other Jamaat leaders — former chief Ghulam Azam, current chief Motiur Rahman Nizami and executive council member Delwar Hossain Sayedee — at the first tribunal appeared before the second tribunal for the first time on Thursday.
The three-judge International Crimes Tribunal – 2 was set up in March this year to expedite war crimes trial.
Currently Jamaat number two, Mujaheed had succeeded Nizami as head of Jamaat's student wing Islami Chhatra Sangha.
As a Jamaat student leader, Mujaheed is said to have led the formation of vigilante militia group Al Badr, which along with other groups, Al Shams and Razakars, actively collaborated with the Pakistani Army to thwart the liberation efforts in 1971 and eliminate the liberation forces.
The Al Badr is alleged to have been responsible for widespread atrocities across Bangladesh which amount to war crimes.
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