The International Crimes Tribunal-1 will pass an order on Tuesday upon the plea seeking bail filed by detained war crimes accused nayeb-e-ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami AKM Yusuf, founder of notorious Razakar outfit during the Liberation War. Hearing arguments from both the defence and the prosecution lawyers on Monday, the three-member tribunal, headed by Justice ATM Fazle Kabir, fixed the date.
Accused Yusuf, now 87, the second man in the hierarchy of Jamaat leadership, was arrested from his Dhanmondi residence on Monday, hours after the tribunal issued a warrant for his arrest after taking cognisance of his offence of the 1971 war crimes submitted by the prosecution.
As the police in compliance with the tribunal’s order, produced the accused before it in the afternoon, the defence counsel submitted a petition seeking bail for the accused. The tribunal, however, kept pending the bail plea for hearing today (Tuesday) asking the police to detain the accused in Dhaka Central Jail.
-With The Independent input
