Bangladesh, July 23 -- The International Crimes Tribunal has ordered former army major Mozzafar Hossain to be shown arrested in the crimes against humanity case in which retired lieutenant general Masud Uddin Chowdhury is already in jail.

The three-member ICT-2, led by Justice Nozrul Islam Chowdhury, on Thursday also placed Mozzafar on a two-day remand and ordered that he remain in military custody.

The tribunal set Sept 23 as the deadline for the submission of the probe report.

Masud, a prominent army officer during the former military-controlled caretaker government, was arrested on Mar 23.

Initially remanded in cases over embezzlement and human trafficking, he was later shown arrested in May in a crimes against humanity case over ...