DHAKA, Feb 20, 2023, (BSS) - The International Criminal Tribunal has sentenced five war criminals from Mymensingh's Trishal to life imprisonment in a case of crimes against humanity during the Liberation War.

A three-member judicial panel led by Justice Md Shahinur Islam, Chairman of the International Criminal Tribunal (ICT), handed down the verdict today.

The convicts are- MA Hannan, his son Rafiq Sajjad, Dr Khandaker Gholam Sabbir Ahmad, Mizanur Rahman Mintu, Md Hormuz Ali, Fakhruzzaman, Abdus Sattar and Khandaker Gholam Rabbani.

MA Hannan and his son Rafiq Sajjad and another accused Mizanur Rahman Montu were excluded from the verdict as they died in jail during the trial.

Among the remaining five accused-Dr Khandkar Golam Sabbir Ahmad, Hormuz Ali and Abdus Sattar are currently in jail and Fakhruzzaman and Khandaker Golam Rabbani are absconding.

On May 19, 2015, Rahima Khatun, wife of martyred freedom fighter commander Abdur Rahman, filed the case against three people. As five more people were found guilty during the investigation, a total of eight people were charged in this case.

The trial ended on November 23, 2022.

According to the case, they were charged with murder, genocide, rape, detention, kidnapping, torture, disappearance, looting and arson.

It has been stated in the case documents that they committed the crimes in Trishal upazila of Mymensingh district from April 21 to December 10 during the Liberation War.