Dhaka, Aug 10 (ANI): A special tribunal has started its work in Bangladesh to look into the atrocities carried out during the country's war of independence from Pakistan in 1971.
The tribunal, set up by the Bangladeshi Government, will bring all the mass murder and rape accused to justice for the first time, the BBC reports.
Most of those on trial are from the Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami, while all of them deny the allegations, accusing the government of carrying out a vendetta.
Bangladesh had won a bloody battle 40 years back, leading to the birth of Bangladesh that was earlier called the East Pakistan.
According to official figures, over three million people were killed and thousands of women raped when West Pakistan sent in its army to intervene.
Last year, the Bangladeshi government set up the International Crimes Tribunal in Dhaka to try those Bangladeshis accused of collaborating with Pakistani forces and committing atrocities. As of now, seven people, including two from the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and five from the Jamaat-e-Islami, have been arrested.
This special civilian court is expected to hear charges against one of the leaders of the Jamaat-e-Islami later on Wednesday. (ANI)
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