The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Thursday sentenced Awami League leader Mahbubul Alam Hanif to death and three other party leaders to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity, including the killing of six people during the July mass uprising in Kushtia.
The three others sentenced to life imprisonment are Sadar Uddin Khan, president of the Kushtia district Awami League; Azgar Ali, the district unit’s general secretary; and Ataur Rahman Ata, general secretary of the Kushtia town Awami League.
The tribunal also ordered the confiscation of half of the properties of all four convicts and their transfer to the families of those killed during the July uprising.
A three-member bench of International Crimes Tribunal-2, headed by its chairman Justice Md Nazrul Islam Chowdhury, delivered the verdict on Thursday, October 29. The other members of the bench were Judges Md Manjurul Bashid and Noor Mohammad Shahriar Kabir.
Confirming the verdict to Daily Waadaa, prosecutor Gazi MH Tamim said the prosecution was satisfied with the ruling.
“All four accused in this case have been absconding since the July uprising,” he said.
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