Satkhira Razakar suspect shown arrested

The International Crimes Tribunal-2 yesterday shown alleged Razakar Abdul Khaleq Mandol arrested in a case filed in connection with crimes committed in Satkhira during the Liberation War in 1971.

The two-member tribunal led by Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah also sent Khaleq, the ameer of Satkhira Jamaat-e-Islami, to jail after police produced him before it.

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The tribunal fixed October 8 for passing the next order.

Khaleq, also former Jamaat lawmaker from Satkhira, was in Satkhira jail in three criminal cases and the prosecution on August 20 filed a petition seeking the tribunal's order to show him arrested in the war crimes case.

Investigation against Khaleq started on June 16 this year that had "found evidence" of his "involvement" in crimes, including murder and rape, in 1971, the prosecution and the investigator said.

The prosecution sought to show him arrested in the war crimes case to keep him in jail for a fair investigation as he might have hampered the probe after getting released from jail in the three criminal cases on bail, Prosecutor Rezia Sultana Chaman said earlier.