Crimes against humanity: Convict arrested in Dhaka

Members of the Anti-Terrorism Unit arrested a convict of a case filed in connection with the crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation War in 1971 from the capital’s Khilgaon area on Tuesday, reports UNB.

The 66-year-old convict Md Fakhruzzman is the son of late Abdul Wahed of Collegepara under Kotwali police station in Mymensingh.

Tipped-off, the absconding convict was arrested from Dakkhin Goran area under Khilgaon police station around 10:00 pm on Tuesday.

On 19 May, 2015, late freedom fighter Abur Rahman’s wife Rahima Khatun, a resident of Mymensingh district town, filed a case accusing Jatiya Party’s former lawmaker MA Hannan and his son Fakhruzzaman on the allegations of genocide, looting, rape, torturing, torching and others at an Amali court there.

After taking the case into cognisance, the court ordered the authorities concerned to send the case to the International Crimes Tribunal.

As the tribunal issued a warrant for the former lawmaker Hannan and his son Rafique on 10 October in the same year, the duo was arrested from the capital’s Gulshan area while Fakruzzaman and others were absconding.

The Investigating Officer of the case submitted the full-pledge chargsheets against the accused at the prosecution section of the tribunal on 11 July, 2016.

The court framed the charges against eight people including Fakhruzzaman on 4 November, 2018.

Meanwhile, Hannan and other two defendants died.

The tribunal of three judges delivered the life term imprisonment to Fakhruzzman for killing sculptor Abdur Rashid on 20 February this year.

After the arrest, the convict was handed over to the concerned Kotwali police station.