7 Bagerhat Razakars sentenced to death
Senior Staff Reporter Published: 30 November 2023, 01:23 PM
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-1) has sentenced seven Razakars from Bagerhat to death in a crimes against humanity case.
Justice Md Shahinur Islam, Chairman of the three-judge panel of the ICT-1, on Thursday passed the order.
The convicts are Khan Akram Hossain, Sheikh Md Ukil Uddin, Md Mokbul Mollah, Khan Ashraf Ali, Rustam Ali Mollah, Sheikh Idris and Sheikh Rafiqul Islam.
Of them, Hossain, Mollah and Uddin are in jail and the rest four are absconding.
On August 1, 2018, the tribunal framed seven charges of crimes against humanity against 9 accused in the case. Names of the two accused were dropped from the case as they died.
