Hossen Sohel of DOT :
Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday said the government will take further initiatives to amend the relevant law of holding trial of Jamaat-e-Islami as an organisation for committing war crimes, reports The Daily Star.
The law will be amended as per instruction from the prime minister, the minister said while talking to reporters at his Secretariat office after the law ministry officials and staffs accorded him a reception.
The previous Aawmi League government took an initiative to amend the law for holding trial of Jamaat as an organisation involved in committing crimes against humanity but the process was not completed during its regime.
The law minister also informed that a separate commission will be formed to identify the conspirators behind the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the four national leaders in jail.
The investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal on January 1 expressed discontent as trial of Jamaat-e-Islami as a party did not begin even five years after completion of a probe over its role in 1971.
“My personal opinion is that the matter [trial of Jamaat] should be settled. It [Jamaat] has already lost registration. There are allegations and observations against it. It has been mentioned as a criminal organisation in each judgment,” said Abul Hannan Khan, coordinator of the agency.
Six convicted fugitive killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman hiding abroad are yet to be brought back home in spite of the government’s special efforts.
The six fugitives are: Col (dismissed) Khandaker Abdur Rashid, Lt Col (relieved) Shariful Haque Dalim, Maj (retd) Noor Chowdhury, Maj (retd) Rashed Chowdhury, Capt Abdul Majed and Risaldar Moslehuddin Khan.
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