Staff Reporter :
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has sentenced five people from Gaibandha to death for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
A three-member panel of the International War Crimes Tribunal headed by Justice Shahinur Islam passed the verdict on Tuesday.
The convicts are Md Ranju Mia,
Abdul Jabbar Mondol, Md Jasijar Rahman Khoka, Md Abdul Wahed Mondol and Md Momtaz Ali Bepari. Among them, only Ranju was in the dock while the others are absconding.
They are all natives of Gaibandha Sadar Upazila’s Nandina and Chok Gayeshpur villages and were active members of the Jamaat-e-Islami. They later were enlisted in the Razakar force and collaborated with the Pakistan Army during the war. The charges against them in the case ranged from kidnapping, torture, looting and arson to murder.
According to the judgment, they have been found guilty of four charges, each carrying the death penalty. The war crimes tribunal has so far tried 40 cases and convicted 102 people. Of them, 98 people have been convicted while 67 received capital punishment
Earlier on Monday, the tribunal had fixed Tuesday to deliver the verdict. Six people were initially accused in the case, but one of them, Asgar Hossain Khan, died before the trial began.
The trial proceedings commenced after the charges against the others were framed on May 17, 2018.
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has sentenced five people from Gaibandha to death for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
A three-member panel of the International War Crimes Tribunal headed by Justice Shahinur Islam passed the verdict on Tuesday.
The convicts are Md Ranju Mia,
Abdul Jabbar Mondol, Md Jasijar Rahman Khoka, Md Abdul Wahed Mondol and Md Momtaz Ali Bepari. Among them, only Ranju was in the dock while the others are absconding.
They are all natives of Gaibandha Sadar Upazila’s Nandina and Chok Gayeshpur villages and were active members of the Jamaat-e-Islami. They later were enlisted in the Razakar force and collaborated with the Pakistan Army during the war. The charges against them in the case ranged from kidnapping, torture, looting and arson to murder.
According to the judgment, they have been found guilty of four charges, each carrying the death penalty. The war crimes tribunal has so far tried 40 cases and convicted 102 people. Of them, 98 people have been convicted while 67 received capital punishment
Earlier on Monday, the tribunal had fixed Tuesday to deliver the verdict. Six people were initially accused in the case, but one of them, Asgar Hossain Khan, died before the trial began.
The trial proceedings commenced after the charges against the others were framed on May 17, 2018.
