A Bengali Army officer, who sided with the Pakistani forces during the 1971 Bangladesh liberation War, will be put on trial for committing crimes against humanity, becoming the first Pakistani Army officer to face the charges. Coordinator of a special investigation cell on war crimes Mohammad Abdul Hannan today said that the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) finalised its investigation report on accused 75-year-old ex-Pakistani Army Captain Mohammad Shahidullah.
"We found his involvement in crimes like murder, confinement, torture and looting," Hannan told reporters.
The ICT, during its probe that continued from 11 October 2015 to 20 March 2017, could prove three counts of charges against Shahidullah who been in jail since his arrest on August 2, 2016.