Dhaka: A Dhaka Court on Sunday deferred its judgment in the case filed for allegedly leaking the draft verdict of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 that sentenced war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury to death.

Special Public Prosecutor of the tribunal Mohammad Nazrul Islam Shamim said the judgment has been differed as the writing of the verdict is yet to be completed.

The new date for the verdict has not been fixed yet, added the PP.

Earlier on 14 August, the court deferred till 28 August its judgment in the case.

On 4 August, Judge of the tribunal KM Samsul Alam fixed 14 August for delivering the judgment after completion of placing arguments in the case.

The accused in the case are Salauddin Quader’s wife Farhat Quader Chowdhury, his son Humman Quader Chowdhury, his manager Mahbubul Ahsan, lawyer AKM Fakhrul Islam, two staff of the ICT-1 Nayan Ali and Faruq Hossain and Fakhrul’s associate lawyer Mehedi Hasan.

The court also sent four accused—Fakhrul, Faruq, Nayan and Mahbubul—to jail when they appeared before the court.

Another accused lawyer Fakhrul’s associate Advocate Mehedi Hasan remained absconding.

On 15 February, a Dhaka court framed charges against seven people, including wife, a son and a counsel for executed war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, in the case.

DB inspector Mohammad Shajahan submitted a charge sheet to the Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court against the seven accused on 28 August, 2014.

On 1 October, 2013, ICT1 sentenced BNP standing committee member Salauddin Quader Chowdhury to death after finding him guilty of committing crimes against humanity and genocide during the Liberation War in 1971.

However, some parts of the draft verdict were found posted in the internet several hours before pronouncing the verdict.

Later, showing the copy of the draft verdict, Salauddin’s wife and son raised a complaint that the verdict was originated from the Law Ministry.

On October 4, a case was filed with Shahabagh Police Station under sections 57 and 63 of Information and Communication Technology Act.

Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, also a BNP leader, was executed in the Dhaka Central Jail on 22 November, 2015 for his crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 War of Liberation.