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Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujaheed will go to the gallows for unleashing his ruthless Al-Badr militias on unarmed intellectuals including a top journalist to snuff out the dream of Bangladesh four decades ago.
The tribunal ordered that the 66-year-old be hanged by the neck.
The presiding ICT-2 judge Justice Obaidul Hassan described Mujaheed as an atrocious Al Badr commander who conspired, abducted, tortured and murdered.
The top defence lawyer said they would appeal and that the tribunal failed to assess the evidence properly.
Of the seven charges brought against the Jamaat Secretary General, the tribunal found the former Al Badr operative guilty of five.
Mujaheed was found guilty of extermination of intellectuals and involvement in the murder and torture of the Hindu community, for which he was given death sentence.
He got death for the first charge -- abduction and murder of journalist Sirajuddin Hossain.
The first charge was merged with the sixth charge -- conspiracy and extermination of intellectuals; the death penalty came for these two.
The tribunal said Mujaheed would go to the gallows for the seventh charge murder and torture of Hindu community proven beyond any reasonable doubt.
He got life sentence for his role in the abduction torture and murder (charge 5) of composer Altaf Mahmud, well-known freedom fighters Shafi Imam Rumi, Badi, Nizamuddin Azad, Jewel and Jahiruddin Jalal (who managed to flee).
Charges of genocide (charge 2) and abduction and torture in another instance (charge 4) were not proven beyond reasonable doubt.
For the third charge another abduction and torture he was given five years in jail.
All the sentences will naturally merged into a single sentence of death, the judge said.
With due respect to the tribunal, this is a wrong verdict, said chief defence counsel Abdur Razzaq. They have failed to evaluate the customary law in this regard.
They have failed to evaluate the evidence. We will naturally appeal against this judgement.
But all three judges of the tribunal were convinced and unanimous.
The charges have been proved beyond doubt, Justice Obaidul Hassan, the chief of the panel, said in a courtroom crowded with the press pack, lawyers, observers and families of the victims of 1971 war crimes and the accused.
The court found Mujaheed, in his mid-20s in 1971, guilty of almost all 34 counts in seven broad categories of charges that included murder of intellectuals, genocide, abduction, torture and arson.
His party called a daylong general strike to protest the announcement of the verdict.
Justice Md Mujibur Rahman Mia and Judge Md Shahinur Islam read out the summary of the judgement
The verdict came after the court sifted through the testimonies of 18 witnesses and months of arguments. The hearing ended on June 5.
The judgment came hot on the heels of Jamaat ideologue Ghulam Azams sentencing by another tribunal.
The Al-Badr operative Mujaheed to hang - bdnews24.com
The tribunal ordered that the 66-year-old be hanged by the neck.
The presiding ICT-2 judge Justice Obaidul Hassan described Mujaheed as an atrocious Al Badr commander who conspired, abducted, tortured and murdered.
The top defence lawyer said they would appeal and that the tribunal failed to assess the evidence properly.
Of the seven charges brought against the Jamaat Secretary General, the tribunal found the former Al Badr operative guilty of five.
Mujaheed was found guilty of extermination of intellectuals and involvement in the murder and torture of the Hindu community, for which he was given death sentence.
He got death for the first charge -- abduction and murder of journalist Sirajuddin Hossain.
The first charge was merged with the sixth charge -- conspiracy and extermination of intellectuals; the death penalty came for these two.
The tribunal said Mujaheed would go to the gallows for the seventh charge murder and torture of Hindu community proven beyond any reasonable doubt.
He got life sentence for his role in the abduction torture and murder (charge 5) of composer Altaf Mahmud, well-known freedom fighters Shafi Imam Rumi, Badi, Nizamuddin Azad, Jewel and Jahiruddin Jalal (who managed to flee).
Charges of genocide (charge 2) and abduction and torture in another instance (charge 4) were not proven beyond reasonable doubt.
For the third charge another abduction and torture he was given five years in jail.
All the sentences will naturally merged into a single sentence of death, the judge said.
With due respect to the tribunal, this is a wrong verdict, said chief defence counsel Abdur Razzaq. They have failed to evaluate the customary law in this regard.
They have failed to evaluate the evidence. We will naturally appeal against this judgement.
But all three judges of the tribunal were convinced and unanimous.
The charges have been proved beyond doubt, Justice Obaidul Hassan, the chief of the panel, said in a courtroom crowded with the press pack, lawyers, observers and families of the victims of 1971 war crimes and the accused.
The court found Mujaheed, in his mid-20s in 1971, guilty of almost all 34 counts in seven broad categories of charges that included murder of intellectuals, genocide, abduction, torture and arson.
His party called a daylong general strike to protest the announcement of the verdict.
Justice Md Mujibur Rahman Mia and Judge Md Shahinur Islam read out the summary of the judgement
The verdict came after the court sifted through the testimonies of 18 witnesses and months of arguments. The hearing ended on June 5.
The judgment came hot on the heels of Jamaat ideologue Ghulam Azams sentencing by another tribunal.
The Al-Badr operative Mujaheed to hang - bdnews24.com
পাকিস্তানি সেনাদের ক্যাম্পে দলীয় নেতাদের নিয়ে বাঙালি নিধনের পরিকল্পনা ও ষড়যন্ত্র করতেন মুজাহিদ। এরই ধারাবাহিকতায় ১০ ডিসেম্বর থেকে শুরু হয় বুদ্ধিজীবী হত্যা।
