2 Bagerhat ‘Razakars’ verdict Aug 11

Staff Correspondent: The International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) will deliver verdict on August 11 against two alleged Razakars of Bagerhat for their alleged war crimes during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.

An ICT-1 bench led by its chairman Justice M Enayetur Rahim set the date for verdict on Wednesday.

Before fixing the date, The ICT-1 abated Abdul Latif Talukdar, one of the three accused in the case, as he died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital on July 28.

Earlier on June 23, the tribunal kept the case CAV [Curia Advisari Vult, a Latin legal term meaning verdict could be delivered anytime].

On November 5 last year, the ICT-1 indicted Siraj Master, infamously known as `Koshai Siraj` Khan Akram Hossain, and Abdul Latif Talukdar, in seven charges for their alleged involvement in crimes against humanity in Bagerhat during the Liberation War in 1971.

Among the seven charges, four have been brought against Sirajul alone for the killing of more than 600 people, two against all of them for the killing of 47 people and one against Khan Akram and Abdul Latif for killing a person.

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