The 35th prosecution witness, Kamal Uddin, gave his deposition against BNP leader and war crime suspect Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury before the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT 1) Wednesday afternoon.
During the hearing he claimed that Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury picked up three of his neighbours, took them at Razakar camp in Good’s Hill in Chittagong and tortured them.
Later, the defence counsel cross-examined him.
On December 16, 2010, law enforcers arrested Salahuddin in another case and on December 19 he was accused of war crimes committed in 1971. He was produced before the tribunal on December 30, 2010.
The prosecution pressed 24 specific charges against Salahuddin on November 14, 2011.
On November 17 in the same year, the tribunal, set up to try crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War, took 23 charges into cognisance.
The three-member ICT 1 so far have taken deposition of 34 witnesses against SQ Chowdhury.
The detained BNP leader has allegedly killed hundreds of minority community people in Chittagong during the Liberation War in 1971.
