International Crimes Tribunal-2 (ICT-2) on Thursday condemned M Kamaruzzaman, assistant secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami, to death for his crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation War 42 years ago.
Kamaruzzaman will be hanged by neck till his death, the tribunal said in his judgment.
Flanked by two others members – – Justice Mozibur Rahman Miah and Judge M Shahinur Islam- the ICT chairman Justice Obaidul Hasan pronounced the verdict at 2 pm.
Three weeks ago, the tribunal kept pending the pronouncement of the judgment after formally closing law-point arguments from both sides in the trial of the war crimes allegedly perpetrated by Kamaruzzaman.
On June 4 last year, the tribunal indicted M Kamaruzzaman on seven charges of crimes against humanity allegedly committed during the war.
The charges are based on seven separate incidents of crimes against humanity that include killing of at least 183 unarmed people and rape of some women.
Born in Sherpur in July 1952, Kamaruzzaman was the president of Islami Chhatra Sangha’s (ICS) local unit of greater Mymensingh in 1971.
The ICS was a student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami. After Bangladesh’s independence, it was renamed as Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS).
Kamaruzzaman had played key role in the formation of Al Badr, a vigilante group, derived from the ICS members to collaborate with the Pakistan occupation army that committed genocide and other heinous crimes against humanity during the Liberation War, according to the prosecution case.
Source: UNB Connect
