The war crimes tribunal will record the deposition of the first defence witness in the Jamaat-e-Islami Leader AKM Yusuf case today.
Yesterday was fixed for pacing the witness, but the defence sought an adjournment. The International Crimes Tribunal 2 allowed them one day.
Earlier, the tribunal accepted three defence witnesses out of a list of 56. The prosecution placed 27 witnesses.
Yusuf, Jamaat’s senior nayeb-e-ameer, was indicted on August 1, 2012 on 13 charges of crimes against humanity. The investigators have found Yusuf’s involvement in the murder of eight people and mass killing of 700 others, looting 300 houses and 400 shops, and forcing 200 Hindus to convert to Islam.
The Jamaat leader, who allegedly formed razakar and peace committees in the Khulna region during the war, was reportedly arrested after the Collaborator Order 1972 was formulated but was released after cancellation of the law on December 31, 1975.
