Sayedee, Quader Mollah
Petitions rejected
The International Crimes Tribunal yesterday rejected the petitions filed by Jamaat-e-Islami leaders Delawar Hossain Sayedee and Abdul Quader Mollah seeking investigation reports on their alleged crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.
Providing the reports, containing details about the witnesses, might put the witnesses at risk, said the order passed by the three-judge tribunal headed by its Chairman Justice Md Nizamul Huq.
Sayedee and Quader Mollah, now in jail, submitted the two separate petitions on January 17 and 10 to the tribunal, which has already accepted the formal charges against them.
In the petitions, the duo said the investigation reports were not with the copies of the formal charges and other documents they received from the prosecution.
Without the reports, they cannot properly defend themselves and will be deprived of justice, they said.
After hearing the petitions, the tribunal, on January 15 and 19, fixed yesterday's date to pass order.
Tajul Islam and Mizanul Islam argued for Sayedee and Quader Mollah and prosecutors Syed Haider Ali and Mohammad Ali opposed the petitions.
Deposition and cross-examination of prosecution witnesses are going on against Sayedee while hearing on charge framing against Quader Mollah is scheduled for January 29.
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