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Dhaka
court questions repatriation of Pakistani war criminals
Wednesday November 03, 2010 05:02:56 PM,
IANS
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Dhaka: A Dhaka court
has questioned the "Delhi Treaty" under which Bangladesh agreed to
return 195 Pakistani soldiers who had surrendered in the 1971 war.
It has asked the government as to why it could not be directed to
bring these men back for trial.
The Pakistan Army personnel, who were prisoners of war (POWs) in
India's custody, had been returned under a tripartite treaty in
1974.
The 195 were among the 93,000 Pakistani soldiers who surrenderd to
the joint Indo-Bangladesh military command in December 1971 when
Bangladesh was liberated from Pakistan.
A former freedom fighter told the court that then Bangladesh
government had agreed to it the repatriation of the Pakistani POWs
to Pakistan in violation of Bangladesh statute.
Releasing those who were identified as "war criminals and accused
of committing crimes against humanity", violated Bangladesh's constitutuion, the court was told.
New Age newspaper Wednesday said while one judge rejected the
petition, the other issued directives to the government to explain
within four weeks "why the treaty should not be declared illegal".
An attempt to challenge the treaty had not succeeded before the
Supreme Court, the newspaper said.
Justice Syed Abu Kowser M. Dabirush-Shan asked the government to
explain why it should not be directed to produce the Pakistani
citizens before the War Crimes Tribunal that will hold the trials
of Bangladeshis accused of committing crimes during the liberation
war.
As it was a split verdict, the chief justice will constitute a
fresh bench to hear the case, the newspaper said quoting counsel
for the petitioner.
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