A prosecutor of the International Crimes Tribunal has been withdrawn from all kinds of proceedings related to investigation and trials of the 1971 war criminals.
A letter issued on February 4 by Chief Prosecutor Golam Arif Tipu said that the decision was taken against prosecutor Mohammad Ali “on public interest.”
Ali who received the letter on Monday said that he would take steps after talking to the chief prosecutor. The letter did not cite any other specific reason behind the decision.
It says that Ali has been removed from all war crimes trial investigations including the case of al-Badr leaders Shamsur Rahman and Hossain Tarafder. He will not be able to represent the prosecution in any trial at the tribunal until further notice.
Prosecutor Ziad Al Malum told reporters that the order was already in effect. The chief prosecutor can attach any prosecutor to a case or withdraw him, he added.
Sources said that Ali had allegedly facilitated the bail for a defendant in a war crimes case. Moreover, he faces an allegation of stealing data from a prosecutor’s personal computer at the tribunal’s office.
Ali refuted the allegations and said that he had been a victim of conspiracy and professional jealousy.
