Ex-DIG Jalil offers ‘cooperation' in Shapla Chattar case

Former deputy inspector general (DIG) of Police Abdul Jalil Mondal has offered to cooperate with the prosecution during the trial at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in a case over the killings during the Hifazat-e-Islam rally at Shapla Chattar in the capital's Motijheel, report agencies.

However, his legal counsel said he has not submitted any written application to turn state's witness.

On Wednesday, he also sought bail before a three-member bench of International Crimes Tribunal-1, led by Chairman Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mazumder, but the court turned down the plea.

Lawyer Mohammad Ali Haider represented Mondal in court.

Later, Haider told journalists: "No written application has been submitted to turn state's witness. It was only a verbal submission for consideration of the bail petition that we are willing to assist the honourable tribunal in the trial process if necessary. We also want justice, and we are innocent."