Md Billal Hossain Biswas, who was jailed for life in 2016, has been suffering from old-age complications. Biswas was taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital from Kasimpur jail on May 5 and died around 1am on Friday at the DMCH, according to Police Sub-Inspector Md Bachchu Miah. The International Crimes Tribunal, in a verdict on Aug 10, 2016, jailed seven people, including Biswas, for their roles in war crimes in Jashore’s Keshabpur in 1971. During the Liberation War, Biswas sided with the anti-liberation forces. In 2014, he was arrested over allegations of crimes against humanity.

Source: bd News24 May 11, 2018 07:18 UTC