Thirteen days have passed since a warrant was issued by the International Crimes Tribunal, but war crimes suspect Syed Mohammad Hachhen alias Hassan is still to be arrested.
Although prosecution said in their arrest warrant plea that Hassan had been living in Brahmanbaria, police said he was not there anymore.
On June 6 last year, the tribunal’s investigation agency began probing war crimes allegations against Hassan which he committed in Kishoreganj in 1971.
The investigators have found evidence that Hassan was a commander of the Razakar force and involved in the killing of three people in Tarail area of Kishoreganj in 1971.
According to prosecution, Hassan now lives in the Machhihata area in Brahmanbaria Sadar upazila. Local police said they knew that the suspect was paralysed and could not move without somebody else’s help; but now they were not sure about his whereabouts.
AKM Nasiurddin Mahmud, registrar of the tribunal, told the Dhaka Tribune that the arrest warrant had been forwarded to the appropriate authorities in due time. “We will be able to tell you about further developments only after police produce him,” he said.
Brahmanbaria district police chief Md Maniruzzaman said Hassan had been under surveillance; but recently, he had not been involved with any activity. “As soon as we trace him, he will be arrested,” he said.
The tribunal has ordered prosecution to submit the probe report against Hassan by May 15.
