Verdict against five Netrokona war crimes accused any day

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 will pronounce judgment against five accused from Purbodhola in Netrokona district any day as the hearing came to an end, report agencies.

"We are keeping the case on CAV, a Latin legal term meaning court awaits verdict," said Justice Md Shahinur Islam, chairman of the three-member panel of the ICT-1.

The five accused are Sheikh Md Abdul Mazid alias Mazid Mawlana (66), Md Abdul Khalek Talukder (67), Md Kabir Khan (70), Abdus Salam Begh (68) and Nuruddin (70). All the five accused are still at large and the trial was held in absentia.