Judgment against Netrakona al-Badr Sept 13

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Sunday set September 13 for pronouncing judgment in a case of crimes against humanity against alleged al-Badr commander Mohammad Khalilur Rahman from Durgapur of Netrakona.

Justice Md Shahinur Islam, chairman of the three-judge panel of the ICT-1, passed the order this morning, setting the date of judgment against the fugitive accused.

The tribunal on July 18, 2022, kept the trial on CAV, curia advisory vault (a Latin legal term, meaning court awaits judgment) as both the prosecution and defence concluded their legal arguments in the case on that day.

There were initially five accused in the case, Mohammad Khalilur Rahman, Md Azizur Rahman, Ashok Ali, Md Shahnewaj and Ramjan Ali. Of the five, all but Khalilur, were arrested by the police. Ramjan died in police custody on September 30, 2016, while the case was on investigation stage.

The tribunal on March 12, 2018, framed five charges against the four accused. But the three arrested accused died of old age in custody at hearing stage, leaving Khalilur as the sole accused in the case.