International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 today has awarded death penalty to Bagerhat Razakar Sheikh Sirajul Haque alias Siraj Master and imprisonment until death to Khan Akram Hossain for their involvement in crimes against humanity during Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971. The tribunal has given this long-awaited verdict with tight security at the court premises.ICT-1 headed by Justice M Enayetur Rahim started to read out the summary of the 133-page verdict around 11:00am. Earlier in the morning, the accused Sheikh Sirajul Haque alias Siraj Master and Khan Akram Hossain were taken to tribunal premises around 9:00am for their verdict. One other Abdul Latif Talukder, who was also accused along with these two men, has been abated from the trial as he died while undergoing treatment at a Dhaka hospital a few days ago. On June 11, 2014, police arrested the 68-year-old Latif in his home after the tribunal issued an arrest warrant against Latif, Sirajul and Akram over crimes committed during the 1971 Liberation War.