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ICT-VERDICT-NETROKONA
Five fugitive Netrokona war criminals sentenced to death
DHAKA, March 28, 2019 (BSS) – The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1
today sentenced five fugitive war criminals from Purbodhola, Netrokona, to
death.
“They be hanged by their necks till their death, said Justice Md Shahinur
Islam, chairman of the three-member panel of the ICT-1.
The ICT-1 on January 28 put the judgement on CAV, a Latin legal term
meaning court awaits verdict, as the hearing in the case concluded on that
day.
The five convicts 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.
“There were two more accused in the case, but Ahammad Ali, 78, and Abdur
Rahman, 70, died before charge framing and during arguments respectively,”
prosecutor Mukhlesur Rahman Badal told newsmen.
The prosecution on May 22, 2016, submitted the formal charge in the case,
pressing seven charges of crimes against humanity against them. On April 19,
2017, the ICT-1 indicted the accused, framing seven charges against them.
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