A sister of alleged al-Badr commander of Chittagong Mir Kashem Ali yesterday told the war crimes tribunal that her brother was innocent as he had stayed in Comilla and Dhaka during the 1971 Liberation War.
Mamtaz Nuruddin, 59-year-old younger sister of the Jamaat-e-Islami treasurer, gave deposition as the first defence witness in the case. She claimed that his brother had been at her Agamasi Lane house in Old Dhaka from the first week of November in 1971 to March 1972.
After the 10-minute deposition, prosecutor Zead-al-Malum cross examined her. After a sort grilling when he closed his session, the tribunal asked the witness three questions. Responding to a query, Mamtaz said her brother had gone to Dhaka to give her company. She also said the accused had been in Comilla before going to her house.
Earlier in the day, the tribunal rejected three defence petitions filed for recalling the IO, seeking some documents from the investigation agency and submitting some additional documents.
