The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on Wednesday set today (Thursday) to pronounce judgement of a case lodged over murder of Danbir Roy Bahadur Ranada Prasad Saha alias RP Saha and his son Bhabani Prasad Saha, reports BSS. Justice Md Shahinur Islam, chairman of the three-member panel of the ICT-1, set the date through a short order Wednesday morning.
The ICT-1 on April 24 the verdict on CAV (curia advisari vult, a Latin legal term meaning the court awaits verdict) as both prosecution and the defence concluded their arguments on that day. The prosecution on April 7 concluded their part of arguments in the case. The ICT-1 on March 28, 2018, framed three charges of crimes against humanity against sole accused Md Mahbubur Rahman alias Mahbub of Tangail.
Mahbub, 69, was allegedly a Razakar leader and carried out horrific crimes during War of Liberation along with his family and associates from Razakar Bahini in his locality. According to the charge framing order, Mahbub is accused of carrying out attacks in different areas of Tangail and in Narayanganj along with his father and local Peace Committee chief Wadud Moulana and brother Razakar Md Abdul Mannan.
On their instigation Pakistani army gunned down 33 Hindus in village Baimhati, ancestral home of RP Saha, in Mirzapur, Tangail, on May 7, 1971. On that same day, Mahbub along with his associates from Razakar Bahini and Pakistani army men attacked RP Saha’s residence in Sirajdikhan Road area of Khanpur of Narayanganj town.
There, Mahbub and his associates detained five including RP Saha and his son Bhabani Prasad Saha. The Razakars tortured them and took them away for never to return. On May 14, 1971, 50/60 armed Razakars including Mahbub launched an attack on villages Mirzapur, Andhara, Sarishadair, Durgapur, Kanthalia, Postakumari under Police Station Mirzapur of Tangail.
The Razakars detained 22 Hindus and tortured them. Later Mahbub brought Pakistani army men, who killed the detainees later mercilessly. Mahbub, who was arrested in another case, was shown arrested in under ICT Act of 1973 on November 7, 2017. The prosecution submitted the formal charge against the lone accused on January 11, 2018.