4 Moulvibazar war criminals get death penalty

The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 has sentenced four war criminals of Moulvibazar to death for in a case filed for committing crimes during the Liberation War in 1971.

The three-member tribunal led by Justice Md Shahinur Islam on Tuesday passed the order.

The convicts are Akmal Ali Talukder, Abdun Nur Talukder alias Lal Miah, Anis Miah and Abdul Musabbir Miah -- all from Rajnagar upazila of Moulvibazar.

Among them, Akmal is now behind bars while the other three are absconding.

After the prosecution pressed charges against the four on May 31, 2016, the tribunal on May 7 in 2017 framed two charges against them.

/S.M