Law enforcers have been asked to tighten security in order to face any unrest, protesting the verdict against Jamaat-e-Islami Chief Motiur Rahman Nizami on charge of crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.
State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal made the statement while talking to the journalists at his office on Tuesday afternoon, a day before the verdict is set to be pronounced.
The minister said: “The law enforcers have been ordered to take extra preparations. Security measures will be taken in the same way like it was taken for the verdicts in other war crimes cases.”
Claiming that no one would protest the verdict against Jamaat-e-Islami leader Nizami, he said: “No one will take to the streets to protest the tribunal's verdict against the Jamaat leader. But, if anyone tries to create chaos, he will be prevented.”
“The government was firm to maintain the law and order situation of the country and no one will be allowed to conduct subversive activities in the name of protest,” he said.
Earlier in the day, the International Crimes Tribunal 1 fixed Wednesday to pronounce its verdict in the case against Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami for committing crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.
The International Crimes Tribunals have pronounced nine verdicts in war crimes cases so far. The Jamaat-e-Islami has organised a number of violent protests condemning the war crimes verdict against its top leaders which claimed many lives.