The war crimes tribunal on Tuesday ordered the defence to produce their witnesses in favour of Jamaat-e Islami Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami from October 20.
In the morning, the International Crimes Tribunal 1 led by Justice ATM Fazle Kabir heard a total of eight petitions, of which seven were submitted by the defence and one by the prosecution.
After hearing both the sides, the tribunal allowed the prosecution’s petition seeking permission to produce additional documents. Of the seven defence petitions, five were rejected.
The tribunal in its order said the examination of defence witnesses would be held on every working day without any adjournment. Earlier the tribunal allowed the defence to produce four witnesses for Nizami.
The Jamaat ameer is facing 16 charges of murder and torture of unarmed people, and complicity in commission of genocide and crimes against humanity in Pabna and Dhaka in 1971.
At the end of his cross-examination on Tuesday, Investigation Officer Abdur Razzaque Khan placed a book as exhibit named ‘71-er Dosh Mash(Ten Months of 1971) written by Rabindranath Trivedi in which Nizami has been identified as the chief of para militia force al-Badr and Jamaat’s then student wing Islami Chhatra Sangha.
The IO was the 26th and last prosecution witness in the case.
Then the tribunal set the date for defence witnesses based on a petition that the defence could not place witnesses before Eid.
IO deposition against Mobarak
Investigation Officer Shyamol Chowdhury started giving deposition in the case against former Awami League leader of Brahmanbaria Mobarak Hossain alias Mobarak Ali.
