DHAKA, June 26, 2019 (BSS) – The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1
today set tomorrow to pronounce judgement of a case lodged over murder of
Danbir Roy Bahadur Ranada Prasad Saha alias RP Saha and his son Bhabani
Prasad Saha.
Justice Md Shahinur Islam, chairman of the three-member panel of the
ICT-1, set the date through a short order this morning.
The ICT-1 on April 24 the verdict on CAV (curia advisari vult, a Latin
legal term meaning the court awaits verdict) as both prosecution and the
defence concluded their arguments on that day.
The prosecution on April 7 concluded their part of arguments in 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, was allegedly a Razakar leader and 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 in 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 for
never to return.
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. Later Mahbub brought
Pakistani army men, who killed the detainees later mercilessly.
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.