Investigation agency of the International Crime Tribunal (ICT) on Wednesday finalized and released report on probe into the crimes against humanity and war crimes in 1971 committed by four alleged Razakars from Kabirhat area of Noakhali's Companiganj upazilla.
Chief coordinator of the agency Abdul Hannan Khan and Senior Coordinator M Sanaul Haque released the 222-page report through a press briefing held at its Dhanmandi office. It is the 78th report released from the investigation agency.
However, the investigation agency did not reveal the names and identities of all the accused as they were absconding.
“We had initiated the probe against the four fugitives on November 12, 2017, and concluded it today. We have found their involvement in various crimes against humanity including abduction, confinement, torture and subsequently killings of 11,” M Sanaul Haque said.
The probe body brought three specific allegations against the accused, whose identities were not revealed as they are yet to be arrested.
Investigation officer (IO) Md Shahjahan Kabir at the briefing said all the four accused were very much active in Islami Chhatra Sangha (ICS), then student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, while one was the in-charge of ICS’s Noakhali district wing.
Three later got involved in the politics of Jamaat, whereas another joined the politics of BNP.
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