DHAKA, April 24, 2019 (BSS) – The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1
today kept a case lodged over murder of Danbir Roy Bahadur Ranada Prasad Saha
alias RP Saha and his son Bhabani Prasad Saha on CAV as both prosecution and
the defence concluded their arguments.
“Verdict on CAV (curia advisory vault, a Latin legal term meaning the
court awaits verdict),” said Justice Md Shahinur Islam, chairman of the
three-member panel of the ICT-1.
The prosecution on April 7 concluded their part of arguments over the
case.
The ICT-1 on March 28, 2018, framed three charges of crimes against
humanity against sole accused Md Mahbubur Rahman alias Mahbub of Tangail.
Mahbub, 69, an alleged Razakar leader, carried out horrific crimes
during War of Liberation along with his family and associates from Razakar
Bahini in his locality.
According to the charge framing order, Mahbub is accused of carrying out
attacks in different areas of Tangail and in Narayanganj along with his
father and local Peace Committee chief Wadud Moulana and brother Razakar Md
Abdul Mannan.
On their instigation Pakistani army gunned down 33 Hindus at village
Baimhati, ancestral home of RP Saha, in Mirzapur, Tangail, on May 7, 1971.
On that same day, Mahbub along with his associates from Razakar Bahini
and Pakistani army men attacked RP Saha’s residence in Sirajdikhan Road area
of Khanpur of Naryanganj town.
There, Mahbub and his associates detained five including RP Saha and his
son Bhabani Prasad Saha. The Razakars tortured them and took them away them.
They did not return from the clutches of the Rajakars. On May 14, 1971,
50/60 armed Razakars including Mahbub launched an attack on villages
Mirzapur, Andhara, Sarishadair, Durgapur, Kanthalia,
Postakumari under Police Station Mirzapur of Tangail.
The Razakars detained 22 Hindus and tortured them. Mahbub also brought
Pakistani army men to the village. Later, Pak army killed the detainees.
Mahbub, who was arrested in another case, was shown arrested in under ICT
Act of 1973 on November 7, 2017.
The prosecution submitted the formal charge against the lone accused on
January 11, 2018.