Dhaka, July 25 (Just News): Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker Hamidur Rahman Azad, who was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for contempt of court in 2013, surrendered to International Crimes Tribunal-1 this morning.
He surrendered before the special court around 11:45am, said Prosecutor Advocate Tapash Kanti Baul.
The matter was enlisted to today’s cause list of the court, which may pass order over the issue later in the day, the prosecutor said.
International Crimes Tribunal-2 on June 9, 2013 sentenced Hamidur Rahman and then then acting secretary general of Jamaat Rafiqul Islam Khan to three months' imprisonment and fined each of them Tk 3,000 for the contempt of court.
The court also sentenced Selim Uddin, arrested assistant secretary general of Jamaat Dhaka city unit, to simple imprisonment and fined him Tk 1,000.He had apologised to the court for the provocative and derogatory comments he had made about the court.
On February 4 in 2013, a day before the tribunal delivered the verdict against Jamaat leader Quader Mollah. Jamaat leaders Selim and Azad at a Jamaat rally in Motijheel made warning comments about the tribunals and ongoing trials there.
Later in the day, Rafiqul joined in and issued a press release with similar comments about the tribunal and its cases.
On February 7, the tribunal asked the trio to explain as to why contempt of court proceedings should not be initiated against them for their comments.
On March 6, the court ordered the police to arrest the Jamaat leaders and produce them before the court for “deliberately avoiding” appearance before the tribunal in connection with the contempt of court ruling.
Selim was arrested but the police claimed that Rafiqul and Azad were on the run.
On June 2, Selim apologised unconditionally before the tribunal.
(Justnews/ys/1220hr)
