Chief Prosecutor of International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Advocate Md Tajul Islam has said that the tribunal would be restructured soon. “The reconstitution may take place in next one week. I had a meeting with the law adviser in this regard last week,” he said.
He said these while talking to reporters on the Supreme Court premises in the capital on Sunday afternoon.
Tajul Islam said that the police had Chinese rifles for firing during the student-mass movement in July and August. The previous Awami League government will have to answer who supplied these rifles to the police.
He further said, “Last week, we had discussions with the law adviser. We have demanded a quick restructuring of the tribunal because, without it, we cannot obtain any necessary orders from the court. Many operations are halted without court orders. He (law adviser) has assured us. It is likely that the restructuring will happen within a week, and then the formal judicial process will begin.”
He added, “The investigation agency and prosecution team are visiting hospitals to collect evidence. Today (Sunday), a bullet typically used by the military on battlefields was surgically removed. These are being collected as evidence. We are calling on everyone who has any evidence, or relatives of the injured and deceased, to submit their information to the prosecution.”
The chief prosecutor further said that letters are being sent to all the media houses, private and public hospitals, civil surgeon offices, deputy commissioners and superintendents of police, seeking information and evidences of genocides those have allegedly been taken following the order of the past Awami League government in July and August.
The tribunal needs more investigating officers. He also said that more lawyers should be appointed in the prosecution.
The tribunal at this moment has no judges, as former chairman Abu Ahmed Jamadar went into retirement on July 13, while another judge was taken back to the High Court.
