The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) said they are preparing the probe reports in two crimes against humanity cases against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 45 others, using the information available in the UN fact-finding report, reports BSS.
"The reports are nearly complete. But as you know the United Nations (UN) Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) recently published its fact-finding report over July-August mass uprising, the process is on to add information from that to this probe reports and we need a little more time for this," chief prosecutor Muhammad Tajul Islam said on Tuesday while pleading in the tribunal for time to submit probe report in the cases.
The chief prosecutor further said public hearings are also being held to collect information from victims in different private universities in the capital and evidences are also being collected by visiting different hospitals.
"We need time to verify this information, conducting forensic tests and adding these to probe report. Though it is taking a little time, but we need to submit flawless probe reports, otherwise, we will be held responsible to the nation," he added.
Allowing the time plea of the prosecution, the three-member tribunal led by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder set April 20 to submit probe reports in the cases.
"The UN findings have clearly stated that the July-August atrocities were part of a pre-planned crimes and those took place on Sheikh Hasina's order," Tajul said in a press briefing held after the hearing.
A total of 16 accused of one case, including 11 former ministers of the past Awami League government, were produced at the ICT yesterday.
The 16 accused are Anisul Huq, Amir Hossain Amu, Shajahan Khan, Advocate Qamrul Islam, Lt Col (Retd) Faruk Khan, Dipu Moni, Dr Abdur Razzaque, Rashed Khan Menon, Hasanul Haq Inu, Kamal Ahmed Majumder, Golam Dastagir Gazi, Zunaid Ahmed Palak, Salman F Rahman, Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik and former home secretary Md Jahangir Alam.
