Verdict in war crimes case against Netrokona’s Taher, Noni on Tuesday

The verdict in a war crimes case against Netrokona’s Obaidul Haq alias Abu Taher and Ataur Rahman Noni will be delivered on Tuesday.

The International Crimes Tribunal led by Justice Anwarul Haque set the date on Monday, said the tribunal’s Registrar Shahidul Alam.

On Jan 11, the tribunal concluded the trial and kept its verdict pending.

According to the tribunal’s investigation agency, Taher and Noni had come out strongly against

Bangladesh’s independence and joined the local ‘Razakar’ force, collaborators who assisted the Pakistani occupation army in 1971.

They were allegedly known as ‘notorious Razakars’ for their atrocities committed in various parts of Netrokona including Sadar and Barhatta Thana.

Taher, the alleged Razakar commander, occupied Balay Bihari Biswas’s house in the town and set up a Razakar camp there, the prosecution investigators claimed.

Charges against them include those of abduction, torture, and the killing of 15 unarmed people apart from the torching and looting of about 450 houses.

The prosecution’s probe body had begun investigations on June 6, 2013 and submitted their findings on Nov 5, 2014.

Taher and Noni were arrested on Aug 12, 2014.