Bangladesh: Massacre in liberation war,Jamaat liable

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) termed Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami liable for massacre during liberation war in 1971.

Abul Kalam Azad alias Bachchu Razakar was sentenced to death for his involvement in crimes against humanity during liberation was in 1971. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 led by Justice Obaidul Hasan passed the maiden verdict Monday. Among eight charges against him, Bachchu Razakar was awarded with death sentence in three charges, lifetime imprisonment in four charges and another charge was rejected. Earlier in the day, ICT-2 read out the 112-page verdict in crowed ICT-1. Bachchu, the fugitive ex-member of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, faced eight charges of crimes against humanity that he had committed during the country’s Liberation War in 1971. Former Ameer Ghulam Azam, other Jamaat leaders --Motiur Rahman Nizami, Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, Delawar Hossain Sayedee, Abdul Quader Mollah and Mohammad Kamaruzzaman are also accused in the war crimes charges. The ICT will also deliver verdicts of Delawar Hossain Sayedee any day.