International Crimes Tribunal 2 yesterday fixed July 12 to pass an order on a plea filed to initiate contempt of court proceedings against Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Zafrullah Chowdhury for his comments over the tribunal.
The three-member tribunal, led by its chairman Justice Obaidul Hassan, fixed the date after hearing the submission of the petitioners’ lawyers who sought his punishment.
Freedom fighters Manoranjan Ghoshal, Ajgar Ali and Sheikh Nazrul Islam, and Gonojagoron Mancha organisers Kamal Pasha Chowdhury and FM Shahin filed the petition on Monday.
Their lawyer Khan Mohammad Shameem Aziz said Zafrullah made contemptuous comments before the media on June 10 after the court found him guilty of contempt of court, imprisoned him at the courtroom for an hour and fined him Tk5,000 for criticising the punishment of Bangladesh-based UK journalist David Bergman.
According to media reports, on that day freedom fighter Zafrullah had said: “Today’s contempt of court verdict is the proof of mental sickness of the three judges.”
