Staff Reporter:
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 yesterday ordered the authorities to produce Major (retd) Mozaffar Hossain, an accused in the assassination case of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman, before the tribunal on July 23.
The ICT-2, headed by Justice Nozrul Islam Chowdhury, passed the order, allowing a plea filed by the Chief Prosecutor Md Aminul Islam.
“The arrested Lt Gen (retd) Masud Uddin Chowdhury, an accused in a crimes against humanity case linked to the July Mass Uprising (miscellaneous case), has involvement in various crimes against human-ity dating back to the ‘One-Eleven’ period. Major (retd) Mozaffar also had conversations and other links
with Masud Uddin Chowdhury. These connections should be probed. Therefore, we sought a production warrant to interrogate him, and the tribunal granted our prayer,” the chief prosecutor said.
The Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested Major (Retd) Md Mozaf-far Hossain from the capital’s DOHS area on July 15.
He was later handed over to Military Police at Dhaka Cantonment.
