Mancha smells conspiracy

The war crimes verdict on Matiur Rahman Nizami was postponed due to a ‘conspiracy and a cunning move’ claimed Ganajagaran Mancha spokesperson Imran H Sarkar. International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 scheduled Tuesday for announcing the Jamaat-e-Islami chief’s verdict on 16 charges of crimes including murder, conspiracy and rape during Bangladesh’s Liberation War. But authorities of Dhaka Central Jail informed the tribunal that the 71-year old fell ill on Monday night. ‘His blood pressure rose, he was given medication,’ senior Jail Superintendant Farman Ali said. He said the Ameer-e-Jamaat was given sedatives in the morning, and was asleep when he was due at the docks. He will be examined when he wakes up, Farman Ali added. ‘This is a conspiracy. We will fight it. No war crimes verdicts have been announced in the last six months. The justice system it seems has become inert and uncertain,’ said Sarkar on behalf of Ganajagaran Mancha, the movement that erupted last year to push for maximum penalty for the war criminals of 1971, according to bdnews24.com.