ICT-2 summons Zafrullah again

The International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) on Sunday summoned Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury again to appear before it by July 22 to explain why the charges of contempt of court should not be brought against him. A 3-member bench of the ICT-2, headed by Justice Obaidul Hasan, passed the order. Earlier on June 21, the tribunal withdrew a warrant it had issued for Zafrullah Chowdhury's arrest. On June 18, the International Crimes Tribunal-2 had issued the warrant as he failed to pay a fine of Tk 5,000 by June 17 as per the tribunal's pervious order. On June 10, the ICT-2 found Dr Zafruallah guilty of contempt of court for criticising the punishment of British journalist David Bergman and punished him keeping him standing in the court for an hour and fined him Tk 5,000. The court asked him to pay the fine in seven days and in default he will have to suffer one month's jail, according to a news agency.