Witnesses of war crimes trial fear political vendetta - Smruti S. Pattnaik, IDSA

In this week's episode of Bangladesh Today, Senior IDSA scholar talks in depth about the ongoing war crimes trial. She says that there is fear of political vendetta among the witnesses. She adds that the war crimes trial is a political statement and it would have been politically beneficial if the Bangladesh Nationalist Party had supported it. Pattnaik also says that the trials are expected to conclude before the elections and lays emphasis on the need for truth and reconciliation in Bangladesh.