The International Crimes Tribunal 1 yesterday sent war crimes accused Khan Akram Hossain to jail after he had been produced before it.
The three-member tribunal headed by Justice M Enayetur Rahim enquired whether the accused had a lawyer. Akram replied in the negative.
The tribunal told the prosecution that the trial process would begin after the appointment of a lawyer for the accused.
Akram, 60, was arrested on Thursday night in Rajshahi. On Saturday, he was produced before a metropolitan magistrate court as the tribunal was closed that day. That court too ordered him jail sentence.
The tribunal on June 10 issued arrest warrants against Akram and two other war crimes suspects in a case. One of them Abdul Latif was arrested on June 11.
Akram is from Morelganj upazila in Bagerhat district.
