Mymensingh Al-Badr commander gets death for war crimes

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 has sentenced Mymensingh Al-Badr commander Riaz Uddin Fakir to death in a case filed for the crimes against humanity during the liberation war in 1971.

Justice Md Shahinur Islam, chairman of the three-member panel of the ICT-1 on Thursday passed the order.

Earlier on Wednesday, the ICT set Thursday for delivering the judgment against the Mymensingh war crimes accused Riaz.

On March 21, the ICT concluded the arguments of the war crime case and kept the verdict to deliver any day against Riaz Uddin Fakir for his alleged crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.

He was arrested on August 11 in 2015 and since then he remained in the bar.

Two other accused of the case - Amzad Ali, earlier died in police custody and Waz Uddin Fakir died while he was absconding.