BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed on Monday said their party will express its formal reaction after the verdict to be delivered in the war crimes case against its leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.
“We’ll wait until the verdict is delivered. Our party’s reaction will be given after the verdict,” he said.
Moudud made the remarks as journalists approached him after attending a discussion at the Jatiya Press Club.
Earlier in the day, ATM Fazle Kabir, chairman of International Crimes Tribunal 1, said the tribunal will deliver its verdict on Tuesday on war crimes accused and BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, UNB reported.
This will be the first verdict against any BNP leader on war crimes charges.
On April 4 last year, the tribunal indicted Salauddin Quader for his alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the Liberation War on 23 counts under different provisions of section 3 (2) of the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act 1973.
The charges include abduction and murdering of civilians, collaborating with the Pakistani occupation army to kill and torture unarmed people, genocide, looting of valuables and torching of houses and other properties, persecuting people on religious and political grounds, and committing atrocities on Hindus in Chittagong district.
