ICT defers charge framing against 17 war crimes suspects to February 26
Tuesday, 23 January 2018
A tribunal has deferred framing of charges against 17 war-crime suspects, report agencies.
Salamat Ullah Khan, former chairman of Cox's Bazar Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and 16 others are facing multiple charges of crimes they committed during the 1971 War of Liberation.
All of them are residents of Maheshkhali in Cox's Bazar.
On Monday, the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 l led by Justice Md Shahinur Rahman fixed February 26 to press charges against the suspects, said prosecutor Rana Das Gupta.