Azharul verdict tomorrow
A tribunal in Dhaka will deliver its verdict tomorrow on Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam for his alleged crimes against humanity committed during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
Meanwhile, he has been brought to Dhaka Central Jail from Kashimpur jail in Gazipur for the verdict. He arrived here around 5:30pm, Forman Ali, senior jail super of the Dhaka prison, told The Daily Star Online.
Alleged Al-Badr commander of Rangpur, Azharul was indicted on six charges of murder, genocide and crimes against humanity for his wartime offences.
Alleged Al-Badr commander of Rangpur, Azharul was indicted on six charges of murder, genocide and crimes against humanity for his wartime offences.
International Crimes Tribunal-1 led by its Chairman Justice Enayetur Rahim today fixed tomorrow for delivering the verdict.
The former president of Rangpur district unit Islami Chhatra Sangha, the then student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, was charged with two acts of genocide that left more than 1,200 people dead.
The 61-year-old Jamaat assistant secretary general was also charged with torture, looting, arson, abduction, rape, mass killing and conspiracy to kill unarmed civilians in Rangpur.
Azharul, son of late Nazir Hossain and Ramicha Khatun of Batasan Lohanipara in Badarganj upazila of Rangpur, was a student of Rangpur Carmichael College during the war.
Police arrested Azharul at his Moghbazar house in the capital on August 22, 2012 after the tribunal had issued a warrant of arrest in connection with his alleged wartime offences.
The prosecution produced 19 witnesses and the defence brought in just one witness.
THE CHARGES
1. Abduction, confinement, torture and murder of Durgadas Adhikari and seven other civilians between March 24 and April 3, 1971.
2. Massacre at Mokshedpur Dhap Para adjacent areas on April 16 during the war.
3. Massacre at Jharuarbeel area and killing around 1,400 unarmed civilians on April 17, 1971.
4. Abduction and murder of four Hindu teachers of Carmichael College and others on April 30 during the war.
5. Rape at Rangpur Town Hall between March 25 and December 16, 1971.
6. Torture on Shawkat Hossain and Rafiqul Hasan between November and December 1, 1971.
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