International Crimes Tribunal on Tuesday sentenced fugitive criminal Khalilur Rahman from Netrakona for war crimes during the Liberation War of 1971.
A three-member tribunal led by Justice Shahinur Islam pronounced the death sentence.
Public Prosecutor Rana Dasgupta and Rezia Sultana represented the state during the hearing while state-appointed lawyer Gazi MH Tamim appeared for the accused.
Public Prosecutor Rezia Sultana said three of the four accused in this case died during the trial.
The tribunal gave the death sentence to Khalilur, then commander of Al Badr, in his absence on Tuesday as he has been absconding, said Rezia.
On January 30, 2017, in a press briefing of the probe agency final report on the accused was published.
At first, the case had five accused but one of them, Ramzan Ali, died before the trial began.
The other three accused that died during the trial were Khalilur’s brother Azizur Rahman, Ashq Ali and Shahnewaz, all residents of the Noagaon union in Netrakona.
Charges of illegal detention, torture, abduction, looting, arson, vandalism, attempted rape, rape, murder and genocide in 1971 were brought against the accused in this case.
The charge sheet mentioned that 22 people were killed, one was raped, the other one was attempted rape, two of the four were tortured in a camp, and 14 or 15 houses were looted and arson at seven places.
Death row convicts Khalilur was a member of Islami Chhatra Sangha who joined the Razakar forces during the war. Later, he became commander of Al Badr in the Chandigarh union. He was known to be a supporter of Jamaat-e-Islami.
