Two Habiganj Razakars Mohibur Rahman alias Boro Miah, 65, and his cousin Abdur Razzak, 63, on Thursday filed appeals against the verdict of The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 that had sentenced Mohibur to death and Razzak to imprisonment until natural death for war crimes.
“They filed the appeals with the concerned department of the Appellate Division with Joynul Abedin Tuhin as their advocate on record,” said M Masud Rana, who moved their case before the tribunal.
Earlier, on June 1, the ICT-1 handed down death penalty to Mohibur and sentenced his younger brother Mozibur Rahman alias Angur Miah, 60, and paternal cousin Razzak to imprisonments until death for committing crimes against humanity during 1971 Liberation War at their neighborhood in Habiganj district.
However, only Mohibur and Razzak filed the appeals against their sentences. They sought acquittal on 10 grounds in 28-page appeal. The tribunal had indicted the trio on September 29, 2015, four months after the prosecution submitted formal charge against them for their 1971 war crimes, raising a gang of Razakars at Baniachang upazila of Habiganj to oppose the country’s independence by siding with Pakistani troops. Boro Miah was sentenced to death for killing Freedom Fighters Akal Ali and Razab Ali, while his brothers were handed down imprisonment till their natural death for the crime.
The three brothers were sentenced 10-year rigorous imprisonment each for looting and putting fire to the house of Maj Gen (retd) MA Rab, the Liberation War’s Deputy Commander-In-Chief in village Khagaura under Baniachang upazilla.
The first tribunal sentenced them 20-year rigorous imprisonment each for raping two women. For abducting, confining and torturing one Anfor Ali of village Khagaura, they were sentenced to seven-year rigorous imprisonment. Boro Mia is a former chairman of Khagaura union parishad at Baniachong and Mozibur is the incumbent chairman of the same union.The two were arrested on February 10, and the third convict was arrested on May 19, 2015.
