The investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal has formed an informal committee to gather information about the 195 Pakistani prisoners of war (POWs).
The five-member body formed on Monday will collect information, and related books and documents on the atrocities committed by the Pakistani soldiers during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.
The committee is headed by Deputy Director of investigation agency Matiur Rahman.
Chief Coordinator Abdul Hannan Khan yesterday told reporters that the committee members would gather primary information. They would not run a formal probe.
The 195 senior officers of the Pakistani Army, who were prisoners of war in 1971, were repatriated under the tripartite Simla Agreement of 1974 signed among Bangladesh, India and Pakistan.
In that agreement, Pakistan assured trial of the 195 officials, who had committed crimes against humanity, but it never happened.
