CID phone conversation verification ‘not sufficient’, Hasina’s lawyer tells tribunal

Speaking before the International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday, he said the audio evidence should have been subjected to independent international scrutiny rather than relying solely on the Criminal Investigation Department’s (CID) tests. The arguments were heard by a three-member panel of the tribunal’s first bench, headed by Justice Md Golam Mortuza Mozumder. On Jul 10, the tribunal ordered the trial of Hasina and two others on five charges, including inciting, instigating, and ordering the killing of 1,400 people during the Uprising, as well as superior command responsibility and joint criminal enterprise. After the prosecution’s arguments on Thursday, Chief Prosecutor Tajul Islam demanded the death penalty for Hasina and former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan. Another suspect in the case, former IGP...