The International Crimes Tribunal 1 on Thursday set October 28 as the date to decide about framing charge(s) against Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam for his alleged involvement with crimes against humanity during the Liberation War.
The three member tribunal, led by Justice ATM Fazle Kabir, passed the order in the afternoon after hearing the arguments.
On July 25, the tribunal took into cognisance the formal charges against the Jamaat assistant secretary general.
On July 18, the prosecution submitted the charges against Azhar on six counts of crimes against humanity that he had allegedly committed in Rangpur during the Liberation War.
According to the charges, Azhar had been involved with Islami Chhatra Sangha, then student wing of Jamaat, and al-Badr, a para-military force that had sided with the Pakistani army. He had allegedly been involved in mass killings, torture and abduction in the district between March-December 1971.
