Jamaat leader Azhar\\\'s war crimes verdict any day
Thursday, 18 September 2014
The war crimes verdict for Jamaat leader ATM Azharul Islam is expected to be delivered any day after his trial at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) ended on Thursday. The ICT-1, headed by Justice Enayetur Rahim, completed hearing of the prosecution and the defence in the war crimes case against the Assistant Secretary General of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and issued a CAV. ‘Curia advisari vult’ (CAV for short) is a Latin legal term which literally means ‘the court wishes to be advised’, meaning it reserves the judgment for another day. Azharul Islam was indicted on Nov 12 last year and the arguments started on Dec 5. Prosecution pressed charges against Azhar on July 18, 2013, on counts of murder, genocide, kidnap, torture and rape. The investigation against Azhar began on Apr 15, 2012. The Investigation Officer questioned 60 people during the enquiry. Azhar was arrested from his Moghbazar residence on Aug 22 the same year and has been in jail since then, according to a news agency.