War crimes: Trial of 5 Moulvibazar suspects comes to an end

A court is expected to soon deliver a verdict in the war crimes case against five Moulvibazar suspects, including Shamsul Hossain Torofdar alias Ashraf.

Staff Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 20 Nov 2017, 07:28 AM
Updated : 20 Nov 2017, 07:28 AM

The five are accused of murder, genocide, unlawful detention, arson and looting during the 1971 Liberation War.

The International Crimes Tribunal or ICT heard the final arguments in the case on Monday, but is yet to fix a date for the verdict.

It will be the 30th by the ICT since its formation in 2010.

The accused are Shamsul Hossain Torofdar alias Ashraf, Md Nesar Ali, Yunus Ahmed, Ojayer Ahmed Chowdhury and Mobarok Miya.

Ojayer, 60, and Yunus, 70, are in prison while the rest are on the run.

The investigation in the case began in October  2014. The ICT’s investigation wing submitted its report in January 2016.

The court indicted the five on Dec 8, 2016 and began hearings in the trial on Jan 15 of this year.

According to the details of the case, Shamsul was the local Al-Badr commander while Nesar was a local Razakar commander in 1971. All of them have been accused of murders, mass killings, abduction and torture during the 1971 Liberation War.

Ojayer and Yunus were arrested in Moulvibazar on Oct 13, 2015 after the tribunal issued warrants against them.