ICT to deliver Noakhali war crime verdict Tuesday

Published: March 12, 2018 19:47:38 | Updated: March 13, 2018 12:00:09

The war crimes tribunal is expected to deliver its verdict in a 1971 war crime case against four men from Noakhali war crime verdict Tuesday.
The war crimes suspects face charges of murder, genocide, arson and looting during the Liberation war of Bangladesh.
A three-member International Crimes Tribunal bench led by Justice Shahinur Islam fixed Tuesday as the date of the verdict on Monday, after arguments were completed on Feb 6.
It will be the 31st verdict by the ICT since its formationt in 2010.
The accused are Amir Ali, Md Joynal Abedin, Md Abdul Kuddus and Abul Kalam aka AKM Monsur, which is absconding.
Another suspect Md Yusuf Ali has been dropped from the case after his death in prison.
Jahid Imam ha represented the prosecution, while Toriqul Islam, Mizanur Rahman, Gazi MH Tamim and Masud Rana represented the defence.
“The prosecution has submitted arguments against the four suspects over the three chages. According to prosecution, all of the charges have been proved using appropriate evidence. We urged the tribunal to issue the capital punishment,” said Zahid Imam to bdnews24.com.
Five suspects were initially accused in the case, but one of them died in jail prior to the filing of the complaint.