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Alert in B’desh after hardliner sent to jail
A Bangladeshi tribunal on Wednesday sent to jail a 90-year-old fundamentalist leader Ghulam Azam in a case of crime against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War, prompting the Government to sound a nationwide security alert against any possible untoward situation.
“The petition (of Azam) is rejected,” said chairman of the three-member International Crimes Tribunal Justice Nizamul Haque after hearing his lawyers who sought relief on grounds of his old age. The court fixed February 15 as the date to begin Azam’s trial on charges of warcrimes. Azam, who appeared at the tribunal in a wheel chair, declined to talk to the journalists after the verdict. He was taken to jail minutes after the order.
Meanwhile, the Bangladesh Government sounded a nationwide alert to ward off any untoward incident as a result of the tribunal’s order. “The law enforcement and security agencies have been asked to remain alert across the country. We fear evil quarters could carryout subversive activities as intelligence agencies earlier informed us of the matter,” Home Minister Sahara Khatun said.
A Bangladeshi tribunal on Wednesday sent to jail a 90-year-old fundamentalist leader Ghulam Azam in a case of crime against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War, prompting the Government to sound a nationwide security alert against any possible untoward situation.
“The petition (of Azam) is rejected,” said chairman of the three-member International Crimes Tribunal Justice Nizamul Haque after hearing his lawyers who sought relief on grounds of his old age. The court fixed February 15 as the date to begin Azam’s trial on charges of warcrimes. Azam, who appeared at the tribunal in a wheel chair, declined to talk to the journalists after the verdict. He was taken to jail minutes after the order.
Meanwhile, the Bangladesh Government sounded a nationwide alert to ward off any untoward incident as a result of the tribunal’s order. “The law enforcement and security agencies have been asked to remain alert across the country. We fear evil quarters could carryout subversive activities as intelligence agencies earlier informed us of the matter,” Home Minister Sahara Khatun said.
