Azhar verdict being delivered

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-1) has started delivering its verdict on Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam for crimes against humanity committed during Bangladesh’s independence struggles in 1971. The verdict is being delivered in Azhar’s presence, who is in the dock. Earlier, the vehicle carrying him from the Dhaka Central Jail reached the tribunal at around 9am. He was kept in the court lock-up. Azhar was taken to the courtroom an hour later. The court proceedings started shortly after 11am as the ICT-1 Chairman Justice Enayetur Rahim began reading out the summary of the 158-page verdict. Justice Jahangir Hossain and Justice Anwarul Haque are also present in the tribunal, according to a news agency.