The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 has sentenced seven Razakars from Bagerhat to death for crimes they committed during the Liberation War in 1971, reports BSS.
The seven convicts are Khan Akram Hossain, Sheikh Md Ukiluddin, Md Mokbul Mollah, Khan Ashraf Ali, Rustam Ali Mollah, Sheikh Idris, and Sheikh Rafiqul Islam alias Babul. Of the seven, the last four are yet to be arrested and were tried in absentia.
The three judges, chairman Justice Md Shahinur Islam, members Justice Md Abu Ahmed Jamadar and Justice KM Hafizul Alam read out the summary of the 293-page judgment one by one. Justice Md Shahinur Islam read out the sentencing portion.
The tribunal came up with the judgment as it found the seven guilty in all the seven charges framed against them and ordered them to be hanged by the neck until their death.
The tribunal sent three convicts Khan Akram Hossain, Sheikh Md Ukiluddin and Md Mokbul Mollah to prison together with the conviction warrant and a copy of the judgment.
Seven Bagerhat men to die for war crimes
FE Team | Published: November 30, 2023 23:20:18
Seven Bagerhat men to die for war crimes
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