The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Monday sentenced five people of Mymensingh to jail unto death for their crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War

 The three-member tribunal, led by Justice Shahinur Islam, delivered the verdict.

The convicts are Md Harmuz Ali, Md Abdus Sattar, Khandkar Golam Rabbani, Khandaker Golam Sabbir Ahmed and Md Fakhruzzaman. Sabbir and Fakhruzzaman are fugitives. The other three convicts were present in court when the verdict was pronounced.

Lawyers Sultan Mahmud Simon, Rezia Sultana Chaman and Barrister Taposh Kanti Bol represented the state while Advocate Abdus Sobhan Tarafdar, Mizanul Islam and Haji MH Tamim stood for the accused.

Rahima Khatun, wife of martyred freedom fighter Abdur Rahman, filed a case against former Jatiya Party MP MA Hannan, Jamaat leaders Fakhruzzaman and Golam Rabbani, for their involvement in crimes against humanity during the Liberation War on May 19, 2015.

Investigating officer of the case Motiur Rahman, conducted the investigation from July 28, 2015 to July 11, 2016.

Police found involvement of five more people in the case and included them in the charge sheet.

On October 1, 2016, the tribunal issued warrants for the arrest of the accused.

MA Hannan, his son Rafique and three more accused were  arrested from Trishal upazila in Mymensingh district. Mintu died during the trial proceedings while two other accused Fakhruzzaman and Rabbani went into hiding.

Various allegations, including mass killing, rape, confinement, abduction, torture, and arson attack on houses, were brought against them which were proved in the tribunal. They committed the crime in Trishal upazila of Mymensingh district during the Liberation War.

The tribunal took the cases against eight people into cognizance on December 11, 2016.