The International Crimes Tribunal’s prosecution has expressed satisfaction over the death sentences awarded to Razakars Md Obaidul Haq alias Abu Taher and Ataur Rahman Noni.
Published : 02 Feb 2016, 02:48 PM
The tribunal earlier on Tuesday ordered the two to walk the gallows for mass killings in Netrokona during the Liberation War in 1971.
After the verdict was delivered, prosecutor Mokhlesur Rahman Badal said, “The prosecution is satisfied with this judgment.”
Another prosecutor Ziad Al Malum added, “Through this verdict, the tribunal has also made it clear that there can be no more debate over the number of three million martyrs whose sacrifices have given us an independent state.”
The war crimes court in the verdict said four of the six charges against them levelled by the prosecution had been proven beyond doubt.
Taher and Noni had opposed Bangladesh’s struggle for independence and joined the Razakar troops, which had collaborated with the Pakistani occupation forces.
The two were known as ‘notorious Razakars’ for their brutal crimes against humanity committed at Netrokona Sadar and Barhatta in 1971.
With the death sentences of former Razakar commander Taher and a member of the militia Noni, 18 of the 26 accused in 22 war crimes cases have been given the maximum punishment so far.