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Published : 08 Jun 2015, 12:35 PM
Ali, tried in absentia, has been indicted for killing 24 and for abduction and torture of 12 persons at Kishoreganj during Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971.
He is also charged with setting fire and looting 125 households.
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 chief Enayetur Rahim announced the verdict date on Monday. The verdict was awaited on Apr 20 after both sides concluded arguments.
Ali, son of a local collaborator, is the fifth person to be convicted of war crimes in absentia since the trials started in 2010.
His notoriety in Tarhail Upazila during the war earned him nicknames like ‘Razakar Daroga’ and ‘Razakar OC’.
Whereabouts of the 68-year old war criminal remains unknown.
An estimated three million people were killed and millions of others were displaced and forced to seek shelter in India during the nine-month war in 1971.
Trying those who sided with Pakistan during the war remains an emotional issue in Bangladesh.
Most of those convicted in the last 18 verdicts are from Jamaat-e-Islami, a party accused of committing war crimes.
Charge 1
On Apr 27, 1971, Syed Md Hasan Ali led a group of Razakars accompanied by the Pakistani army to the Sachail Purpboparha Village of Tarhail Upazila and looted seven houses of Hasan Ahmed alias Hachu Bepari and Sadot Ali alias Kontu Miah before setting them on fire.
Charge 2
A group of Razakars led by Hasan Ali shot dead Tofazzol Hossain Bhuiyan alias Lalu Bhuiyan at Tarhail Upazila’s Konabhawal Village on Aug 23, 1971. They looted his house and abducted two others.
Charge 3
The Hindu community of Tarhail Upazila’s Shimultala Village was attacked by a group of Razakars on the afternoon of Sept 9, 1971. At least 10 houses were looted and set on fire. Razakars led by Syed Md Hasan Ali killed 12 Hindus, including one Akroor Paul. The prosecution said it sees this as an “intent to destroy” to the Hindu community.
Charge 4
On Sept 27, 1971, Razakars led by Syed Md Hasan Ali killed eight people, detained 10 others—all of them members of the Hindu community— at Borgaon Village of Tarhail Upazila.
Charge 5
Kamini Kumar Ghosh and Jibon Thakur were abducted and later shot dead by Razakars at the behest of Syed Md Hasan Ali on Oct 9, 1971 at Araiura Village of Tarhail Upazila. The collaborators also looted at least six houses belonging to members of the Hindu community in the village.
Charge 6
On Dec 11, 1971, Razakars led by Syed Md Hasan Ali killed Rashid Ali Bepari of Sachail Pashchimparha Village and looted and set fire to at least 100 houses of the village.
