The Detective Branch (DB) of Police on Friday afternoon raided the chamber of Barrister Fakhrul Islam, lawyer representing war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.
Police seized the computer of Barrister Fakhrul Islam during the raid as part of their investigation into the leaking of a copy of the verdict against Salauddin Quader.
Members of the DB will provide a briefing on the matter at a press conference this evening, according to a private TV channel.
Against the backdrop of controversy from Tuesday morning over the leak through little known websites, one of the three member panel of the tribunal 1 Justice Jahangir Hossain said it was a plot to make the tribunal controversial.
Hours after his remarks, the tribunal registrar briefed the media and announced that a part of the draft judgement was leaked from the tribunal’s computer.
The registrar said as per directive of the tribunal judges, he had filed a general diary with the local police station to unearth the mystery behind the leak of the judgement.
The general diary field on Wednesday terms the “leak” of parts of the draft judgement a “matter of concern.”
It says though the delivered verdict and the “leaked verdict” has some similarities but there was “no scope” of publication of a part of the judgement before its pronouncement. “It is a threat to the tribunal’s security and transparency.”
During the delivery of the verdict, Salauddin Quader himself from the dock, and his wife and other family members and relatives soon after pronouncing the judgement brought the issue to forefront to create controversy.
Detective Branch (DB) of Police is investigating the incident.