The prosecution of the war crimes tribunal yesterday (July 31) ended the closing arguments in the case against BNP leader Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, who is accused of perpetrating crimes against humanity during the Liberation War.
The prosecution claimed that their provided evidences showed Salahuddin Quader as the war criminal and sought capital punishment.
As the prosecution ended their argument session, the three-member tribunal 1, led by Justice ATM Fazle Kabir, ordered the defence to start their argument from today. The defence has been given four working days to complete their argument.
Prosecutor Tureen Afroz argued on the legal points of the charges and sought capital punishment of the accused. She also termed Salahuddin Quader as the "Rasputin of Bangladesh."
The six-time Chittagong MP is facing 23 charges of crimes against humanity he allegedly committed during the 1971 Liberation War in Raozan and Rangunia of Chittagong.
But in his deposition as the first defence witness, the BNP standing committee member denied all the charges claiming that he had been in Pakistan during March 30, 1971 to April 20, 1974.