on 8 october 2010, survivor jnanendra mitra filed a lawsuit with the court of senior assistant judge at mathbaria, against eight persons accusing them of the killings. the lawsuit accused abdur jabbar engineer (vice chairman of jatiya party and former m.p. from pirojpur-3 constituency), iskander ali mridha (charmain of tikikata union and leader of bangladesh nationalist party), mukul ahmed badshah (industrialist and jatiya party leader), mohammad ansar ali khalifa (jamaat-e-islami leader), mohammad habib mian howladar, ruhul amin and mohammad alam mridha of the war crimes. the judge directed the officer in charge of mathbaria police station to lodge an fir and investigate into the matter. when the police asked for further directive from the court, the judge referred the case to the international crimes tribunal. the international crimes tribunal have visited the place twice for investigation. the tribunal has so far collected the testimony of 18 witnesses.