4 charges pressed against Shariatpur war crimes suspects

--Four charges pressed

--ICT-1 sets Nov 25 to decide on accepting charges 

--One of the accused files bail petition 

Prosecution today pressed four charges against two war crimes suspects of Shariatpur district for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.

The accused are: Sulaiman Mollah, 84, and Edris Ali Sarder alias Gazi Edris, 67, from Shariatpur Sadar town.

They were charged for the incidents of killing, mass killing, rape, torture and confinement during the nine-month-long war, Prosecutor Sheikh Mushfiq Kabir told The Daily Star.

Prosecutor Hrishikesh Saha and Musfiq Kabir submitted the formal charges to International Crimes Tribunal-1 through its registrar office, the prosecutor said.

After receiving, ICT-1 fixed November 25 to decide whether it will take the charges into cognisance.

Meanwhile, the tribunal also set the date for passing an order on a bail petition filed by Sulaiman today.

On October 29, investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal submitted probe report with evidence against them for their wartime offences.

Sulaiman was arrested on June 14 while Edris is still remain absconding.

Of them, Sulaiman was organiser of two anti-liberation organisations -- Shariatpur Peace Committee and Razakar Bahini -- in 1971.