Hospital is the best place for Ghulam Azam: Chief prosecutor
Dhaka, Feb 15 (UNB) - Keeping pending several petitions filed by accused ex-Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Ghulam Azam, the International Crimes Tribunal on Wednesday allowed the prosecution to read out formal charges made against him for perpetrating crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
Meanwhile, the three-member tribunal, headed by Justice M Nizamul Huq, heard a fresh bail petition filed by the main Jamaat organiser and set February 23 for order in this regard.
Barrister Abdur Razzaq, the counsel for Ghulam Azam, prayed for bail on the grounds of his client’s “aggravating health condition” at the prison cell of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital (BSMMUH), referring to a report carried by daily Sangram, the mouthpiece of Jamaat-e-Islami.
Without placing any updated medical reports, the defence counsel also told the tribunal that his client was denied having home-cooked food as he felt discomfort to have hospital diet, quoting a statement by Afifa Azam, wife of the accused, published in the daily Naya Diganta.
On a tribunal query, Barrister Razzaq said, “We’re not entitled to get any medical report about his client.
Chief prosecutor Golam Arif Tipu opposed the bail prayer and said Ghulam Azam, who was practically the mastermind and springboard of the atrocities committed during the 1971 Liberation War, is now suffering from old age complications which is an act of God. “We’ve no hand in it and hospital is the best place for him at this stage.”
“No new ground has developed for seeking bail for the accused,” the chief prosecutor argued.
On January 11, Ghulam Azam appearing in the dock on court’s order was sent to Dhaka Central Jail after the tribunal rejected his bail prayer.
Passing the order, the tribunal set February 15 for charge hearing against him to face the trial of 1971 war crimes.
On January 9, the tribunal took cognisance of charges against Ghulam Azam.
The charges of crimes against humanity against Ghulam Azam fall under sections 3(2), 4(1) and 4(2) of International Crimes (Tribunals) Act 1973 that include killing, genocide, loot, rape and arson in collaboration with Rajakar, peace committees, Al Badr and Al Shams, the auxiliary forces of Pakistan junta.
Detained former Jammat chief had stepped into the dock in a wheel chair five minutes before the tribunal began its proceedings.
Meanwhile, the three-member tribunal, headed by Justice M Nizamul Huq, heard a fresh bail petition filed by the main Jamaat organiser and set February 23 for order in this regard.
Barrister Abdur Razzaq, the counsel for Ghulam Azam, prayed for bail on the grounds of his client’s “aggravating health condition” at the prison cell of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital (BSMMUH), referring to a report carried by daily Sangram, the mouthpiece of Jamaat-e-Islami.
Without placing any updated medical reports, the defence counsel also told the tribunal that his client was denied having home-cooked food as he felt discomfort to have hospital diet, quoting a statement by Afifa Azam, wife of the accused, published in the daily Naya Diganta.
On a tribunal query, Barrister Razzaq said, “We’re not entitled to get any medical report about his client.
Chief prosecutor Golam Arif Tipu opposed the bail prayer and said Ghulam Azam, who was practically the mastermind and springboard of the atrocities committed during the 1971 Liberation War, is now suffering from old age complications which is an act of God. “We’ve no hand in it and hospital is the best place for him at this stage.”
“No new ground has developed for seeking bail for the accused,” the chief prosecutor argued.
On January 11, Ghulam Azam appearing in the dock on court’s order was sent to Dhaka Central Jail after the tribunal rejected his bail prayer.
Passing the order, the tribunal set February 15 for charge hearing against him to face the trial of 1971 war crimes.
On January 9, the tribunal took cognisance of charges against Ghulam Azam.
The charges of crimes against humanity against Ghulam Azam fall under sections 3(2), 4(1) and 4(2) of International Crimes (Tribunals) Act 1973 that include killing, genocide, loot, rape and arson in collaboration with Rajakar, peace committees, Al Badr and Al Shams, the auxiliary forces of Pakistan junta.
Detained former Jammat chief had stepped into the dock in a wheel chair five minutes before the tribunal began its proceedings.
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