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The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 led-by Obaidul Hasan passed the verdict on Thursday.
The tribunal started reading out summary of the 215-page verdict at 11:15am in presence of Kamruzzaman.
Justice Shahinur Islam read out first part of the 651-article verdict while Justice Mujibur Rahman Mia read out the second part and Justice Obaidul Hasan the third part.
While reading out the verdict, tribunal chairman Obaidul Hasan informed the court that five out of all seven allegations brought against Kamaruzzaman were proved beyond doubt.
He was sentenced to death in third and fourth charges brought for the mass killing in Shohagpur of the Sherpur district and killing of Golam Mostafa.
In the early morning of July 25, 1971, Kamaruzzaman advised members of Al-Badr and Razakar (another auxiliary force) to commit a large scale massacre, in association with Pakistani troops, in Sohagpur village of Nalitabari upazila, Sherpur.
The collaborators murdered 164 unarmed civilians, 44 of whom are named, and raped women.
On August 23, 1971, on Kamaruzzaman’s instruction, collaborators took Golam Mostafa, son of late Asir Uddin of village Gridda Narayanpur in Sherpur, to an Al-Badr camp.
The Jamaat leader and his accomplices brought Mostafa and one Abul Kasem to Serih Bridge and gunned them down.
Kasem survived as he jumped into the river but suffered injuries in his fingers. Mostafa died on the spot.
On the other hand, the Jamaat leader was awarded to lifetime imprisonment in first and seventh charges for killing Badiuzzaman and Dara.
On June 29, 1971, under the leadership of Kamaruzzaman, a group of Al Badr members abducted Badiuzzaman, son of M Fazlul Haque, in Ramnagar village under Jhenaigati upazila of Sherpur district.
Fazlul Haque was tortured at Ahmed Nagar army camp night long and shot to death the following day. His body was dumped in a water body.
On Ramadan 27, one Tepa Mia and his elder son Zahurul Islam Dara were abducted by Kamaruzzaman, who was accompanied by 15-20 armed Al-Badr members from Golapjan Road, Mymensingh. They were taken to the Al-Badr camp at District Council Dak Bungalow.
Besides, he has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in second charges for torturing Principal Abdul Hannan.
Kamaruzzaman and his accomplices beat Principal Syed Abdul Hannan of Sherpur College on road after unclothing him.
The Jamaat leader, however, was acquitted from the fifth and sixth charges brought against him for killing of Liakat-Mujibur and Tunu Mia.
In mid-Ramadan in 1971, Kamaruzzaman and his followers picked up Liakat Ali and Mujibur Rahman Janu from their houses and brought them to a Razakar camp at Raghunathpur Bazar where they were tortured. Afterwards, the duo was kept detained for four days at a police station.
On Kamaruzzaman’s order, the two along with 11 other civilians were shifted to Jhenaigati Ahmed Nagar camp. Afterwards, eight of them were shot to death. At the time, the accused and his aide Kamran were present.
In November 1971, under the instruction of Kamaruzzaman, some members of Al-Badr abducted Tunu and one Jahangir from Golki Bari and took them to the District Council Dak Bungalow in Mymensingh.
Tunu was tortured to death. Jahangir was detained but freed later on.
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