Fakir is accused in crimes committed in 1971 against humanity: murder, mass killings, abduction, torture and rape. It will be the 32nd verdict in war crimes cases since the tribunal was formed in 2010. The tribunal removed the name of another suspect Wajuddin after he had died while on the run. According to the investigation agency, Fakir was a member of Al-Badr, a paramilitary force responsible for mass killings during Bangladesh’s Liberation War against Pakistan in 1971. Charges submitted to the tribunal in 2016 linked Fakir to five war crimes.

Source: bd News24 May 09, 2018 07:18 UTC