War crimes: Netrakona’s Khalilur gets death penalty
International Crimes Tribunal today (September 13, 2022) sentenced fugitive Md Khalilur Rahman from Netrakona to death for his crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
A three-member tribunal led by Justice Shahinur Islam pronounced the death sentence.
Public Prosecutor Rana Dasgupta and Rezia Sultana represented the state during the hearing while state-appointed lawyer Gazi MH Tamim appeared for the accused.
PP Rezia Sultana said three of the four accused in this case died during the trial.
The tribunal gave the death sentence to Khalilur, then commander of Al Badr, in his absence today as he has been absconding, said the PP.
On January 30, 2017, in a press briefing of the probe agency, the final report on the accused was published.
At first, the case had five accused but one of them, Ramzan Ali, died before the trial began.
The other three accused that died during the trial were Khalilur's brother Azizur Rahman, Ashq Ali and Md Shahnewaz, all residents of Noagaon union of Netrakona.
Charges of illegal detention, torture, abduction, looting, arson, vandalism, attempted rape, rape, murder and genocide in 1971 were brought against the accused in the case.
According to the charge sheet, 22 people were killed, one was raped, one attempted rape, two of the four abducted were tortured in a camp, 14 or 15 houses were robbed, and seven were set on fire.
Death row convict Khalilur was a member of Islami Chhatra Sangha who joined the Razakar forces during the war. Later, he became commander of Al Badr in Chandigarh union. He was known to be a supporter of Jamaat-e-Islami.
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