Dhaka: A tribunal in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on Sunday handed down the death penalty to two non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) in absentia for crimes against humanity committed during the country's war of independence in 1971.
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 pronounced the verdict Sunday afternoon on crimes against humanity case, awarding death sentences to Chowdhury Moinuddin and Ashrafuzzaman Khan, who were allegedly leaders of Al-Badar, an auxiliary group of the then Pakistan army, Xinhua reported.
Justice Obaidul Hassan, head judge of ICT-2, announced that all the 11 charges, which include mass killings, murder, genocide and conspiracy to kill intellectuals during the country's Liberation War in 1971, against Al-Badar leaders were proved beyond reasonable doubt.
The Al-Badar leaders were charged with the murder of 18 intellectuals - nine professors, six journalists and three doctors - at the end of the war.
