Three Naogaon Razakars to walk gallows for war crimes

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on Tuesday sentenced three Razakars of Naogaon to death for their crimes against humanity in 1971, reports BSS.

A three-member panel of the ICT-1 led by its chairman Justice Md Shahinur Islam pronounced the judgment on Tuesday in the presence of two of the three convicts.

The three convicts are Md Rezaul Karim alias Montu, 71, Md Shahid Mandol, 65, and Md Nazrul Islam, 67. Of the three, Nazrul is yet to be arrested and was tried in absentia.

The three judges of the ICT-1 read out the 144-page summary of the judgment one by one, as tribunal chairman Justice Md Shahinur Islam delivered the sentencing portion. The tribunal found the convicts guilty in all three charges that it had framed against them on January 15, 2019.

Expressing satisfaction over the judgment, senior prosecutor Syed Haider Ali said the victims have finally got justice through this verdict.

Defence counsel Gazi MH Tamim, however, said they will appeal against the judgment with the apex court and they are hopeful that the Appellate Division would set his clients free.

Of the three convicts, Md Rezaul Karim alias Montu was a student of Rajshahi University and active member of Jamaat-e-Islami.