Dhaka: A Bangladesh court today slapped six war crime charges, including genocide, against a senior leader of fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami, a day after the party's second-highest ranked official was sentenced to death for atrocities during the country's 1971 war of independence.
"We have brought six charges against Jamaat-e-Islami's (detained) assistant secretary general ATM Azharul Islam. The court (International Crimes Tribunal or ICT) has fixed July 24 to issue orders on the indictment of the accused," prosecutor AKM Saiful Islam told a press briefing.
He said the prosecution sought to try him on specific charges like murders, genocide, abduction, persecution and rape, siding with the Pakistani troops during the 1971 liberation war.
In a related development, the ICT today issued an arrest warrant against an incumbent but fugitive mayor of a town in western Faridpur to face justice for war crimes charges.
Khokon, who previously was a Jamaat activist, however, went into hiding since investigations were launched to unearth his 1971 role.
Al-Badr is particularly castigated for carrying out a systematic cleansing campaign against the Bengali intelligentsia during the Liberation War.
"We have brought six charges against Jamaat-e-Islami's (detained) assistant secretary general ATM Azharul Islam. The court (International Crimes Tribunal or ICT) has fixed July 24 to issue orders on the indictment of the accused," prosecutor AKM Saiful Islam told a press briefing.
He said the prosecution sought to try him on specific charges like murders, genocide, abduction, persecution and rape, siding with the Pakistani troops during the 1971 liberation war.
In a related development, the ICT today issued an arrest warrant against an incumbent but fugitive mayor of a town in western Faridpur to face justice for war crimes charges.
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Khokon, who previously was a Jamaat activist, however, went into hiding since investigations were launched to unearth his 1971 role.
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Al-Badr is particularly castigated for carrying out a systematic cleansing campaign against the Bengali intelligentsia during the Liberation War.
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