DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 fixed Wednesday for recording deposition of the 8th witness against three war crimes accused of Bagerhat district in eight charges.

The accused are Latif Talukder, Akram Hossain Khan and Siraj Master.

A three-member tribunal led-by Justice M Enayetur Rahim fixed the date on Monday.

Earlier on the day, Siraj’s lawyer Abul Hasan, Latif and Akram’s lawyer Barrister M Sarwar Hossain quizzed Nimai Chandra Das, the 7th witness of the case.

Prosecutor Sayedul Haque Suman stood for the state during the hearing.

On December 3, six other witnesses Dilip Das, Shaylendra Nath Das, Kamala Rani Chakrabarty, martyr’s wife Tapan Kumar Das, martyr’s son Arun Das and martyr’s son Nandalal Das give their statement.

On November 5, charge-sheet was formed against the accused.

On September 14, the prosecution submitted eight charges against three war crimes accused for their alleged crimes against humanity in Bagerhat during the country’s Liberation War.

On August 25, the probe committee, in a press briefing at their office in city’s Dhanmondi area, revealed that evidence of eight wartime crimes were found against three Razakars.

The allegations against the accused include murder, mass killing, rape, loot and forcible religious conversion.

Some 64 people were made witnesses against the accused.

Latif Talukder was arrested on June 11, Akram Hossain Khan on June 19 and Siraj Master on July 21 a day after arrest warrant issued by ICT-1.

Later, they were produced before the tribunal.

Latif, Akram and Siraj conducted crimes in Shakharibazar area of Kachua upazila in Bagerhat district.

In 2009, Nimai Chandra Roy, son of martyr Jitendra Nath Das at Raghudattakathi village filed the case against 12 people.

BDST: 1650 HRS, DEC 15, 2014