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The tribunal then asked the prosecution to make their "opening statement" against the suspect on April 29 to launch the formal trial of Chowdhury, who happened to be a senior highest policy making standing committee member and lawmaker of main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). Haque also noted "based on the prosecution produced evidence, the tribunal now had enough reasons to believe that Chowdhury was involved in crimes against humanity". Chowdhury was arrested on the eve of the December 16, 2010, Victory Day celebrations, in line with the tribunal`s order while he was particularly suspected for masterminding the killing Nutun Chandra Singha in 1971, a respected philanthropist an industrialist in Chittagong, also the hometown of the high-profile accused.
He is the second suspect to be indicted for war crimes charges after Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayeedi since the first International Crimes Tribunal constituted two years ago along with a special investigation agency and a prosecution cell. Seven other suspects, six being Jamaat stalwarts and another a BNP leader, are now in jail to face the trial for 1971 crimes while officials said investigations were underway against several others on the identical charges.
