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War crimes verdict for ex-MP Sakhawat, 7 others on Wednesday
The verdict for former MP Sakhawat Hossain and seven others accused of war crimes will be delivered on Wednesday.
Published : 9 August 2016, 05:51 AM
Updated : 9 August 2016, 07:08 PM
The men stand accused of five charges of atrocities committed at Jessore’s Keshabpur Upazila.
Mawlana Sakhawat, secretary of religious affairs for the Jatiya Party, and Md Billal Hossain Biswas are in custody but six others are absconding.
They are Md Ibrahim Hossain, Sheikh Md Mojibur Rahman, MA Aziz Sardar, Abdul Aziz Sardar, Kazi Ohidul Islam and Md Abdul Khalek.
Another accused, Md Lutfur Moral, died in prison after falling ill.
Their trial began on Dec 23 last year.
The five charges: *Abduction, detainment, torture and rape of a woman from Boga village at Jessore's Keshabpur Upazila. *Abduction, detainment, torture and murder of Chandtulla Gazi and his son from Chingra village of Keshabpur. *Abduction, detainment and torture of Md Nuruddin Moral of Chingra village. *Abduction, detainment and torture of A Malek of Keshabpur’s Hizaldanga. *Abduction, detainment, and torture of Miran Sheikh of Keshabpur’s Mahadebpur and looting and torching of the village. |
The prosecution’s probe agency began investigating 12 persons including Sakhawat on Feb 4, 2012. They submitted their report to the tribunal on Jun 18 last year.
The indictment hearing was held on Jun 26. Three were let off after the tribunal found ‘no basis to the allegations’ against them.
The nine were officially charged on Sep 8.
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