The three-judge International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Thursday sentenced five men accused of committing crimes against humanity in Netrokona during the Liberation War.
Three-member bench, led by Md Shahinur Islam, gave the verdict this morning, said prosecutor Sabina Yeasmin Munni.
The accused are- Abdul Khalek Talukdar, Sheikh Abdul Majid alias Mazid Maulana, Kabir Khan, Abdus Salam Beg, and Nuruddin alias Roddin. All of them are residents of Purbadhala upazila. They faced seven charges and are now in hiding.
Prosecution pressed charges against seven men for their alleged involvement in killing eight people after abduction, torching eight houses, looting valuables of three houses and violating a woman during the 1971 war.
Mokhlesur Rahman Badal and Munni served as prosecutors while advocate Gazi HM Tamim stood for the accused, on the direction of the state.
Munni said the tribunal ordered arrest of the accused on August 12, 2015. Police arrested Abdur Rahman following the tribunal order. He died during the trial proceedings in 2016. Ahmed Ali, another accused, died in October 2015.
Abdul Quadir, a freedom fighter of Purbadhala upazila and brother of one of the victims, filed the case in 2013.
