Mahmudur Rahman, Nahid to testify at ICT

Amar Desh
Editor Mahmudur Rahman and Nahid Islam, convener of the National Citizen Party
(NCP), have been asked to testify before International Crimes Tribunal-1 as
prosecution witnesses on September 15.
They are set to appear in the
crimes against humanity case against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina,
former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, and ex-IGP Chowdhury Abdullah
Al-Mamun. Mamun has pleaded guilty and turned approver.
ICT
prosecutor Gazi Monawar Hossain Tamim said both witnesses were scheduled to
testify yesterday but could not attend due to personal reasons.
Tamim said the prosecution
has submitted a list of 81 witnesses, of whom 45 have already testified.
"Some will provide historical background. After that, seizure-list
witnesses and the investigation officer will testify, and then no more
witnesses will be called," he said.
"After that, we will
move to arguments," Tamim said, adding that efforts are underway to
complete all witness testimonies by the end of the month.
He further noted that the
alleged crimes were not confined to July 2024. "These crimes began in 2009
in different forms and continued until July 2024," he said, adding that
Mahmudur and Nahid would describe how the crimes evolved during that period.
In a separate development,
ICT-1 has sent a police inspector and a constable to jail in connection with a
crimes against humanity case over a 2016 incident in Chaugachha of Jashore,
where two local Islami Chhatra Shibir leaders -- Israfil and Ruhul -- were shot
in the knees.
Inspector Md Atikul Islam was
sent to prison on Tuesday, while Constable Sajjadur Rahman was jailed
yesterday.
















