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Mir Kashem Trial Timeline

  • Cognisance- May 26, 2013

    Cognisance- May 26, 2013
    Charges against Kashem, also the chairman of Diganta Media Corporation that runs Diganta TV (operation now suspended) and the Daily Naya Diganta, were taken into cognisance
  • Arrested- June 17, 2013

    Arrested- June 17, 2013
    Police arrested him from the office of the daily Naya Diganta in the capital hours after the tribunal issued a warrant for his arrest
  • Indicted- September 5, 2013

    Indicted- September 5, 2013
    Mir Kashem was indicted by the tribunal 1 on September 5 last year. Later the trial was shifted to the tribunal 2 for quick disposal. As many as 24 prosecution witnesses testified against the notorious collaborator of 1971
  • Verdict on CAV - May 4, 2014

    Verdict on CAV - May 4, 2014
    The tribunal kept the day of the verdict on CAV (a Latin legal term that means case awaits verdict) as the defence concluded their part of closing arguments, followed by the prosecution with their rebuttal
  • Verdict- November 2, 2014

    Verdict- November 2, 2014