Afrida Ahmed
On Wednesday, a special tribunal has announced death penalty to six people including Gaibandha Jamaat MP Abu Saleh Mohammad Abdul Aziz Mia, also known as Ghoramara Aziz for committing war crimes during the 1971 Liberation War. On October 23rd, Prosecutor Syed Hider Ali said the suspects were proved guilty on the following three charges. They killed a hindu man and threw him in the river at Moujamali village in Gaibandha Sadar upazila. Secondly, they killed a Chhatra League leader and dumped his body underground. Lastly, they killed 13 chairmen and members of five unions in Sundarganj.The court granted them death penalty on two of the charges and life imprisonment on the third. Aziz Mia, 60, Mohammad Ruhul Amin alias Manju, 63, Abu Muslim Mohammad Ali, 60, Mohammad Nazmul Huda, 62, and Mohammad Abdur Rahim Mia, 64 were among the accused. Prosecutor Sayedul Huq Sumon said everyone was happy with the decision since they got justice. However, defence counsel Gazi MH Tamim declared that the accused were innocent and said the prosecution could not prove any charge. The court brought the accused on trial on June 28 last year. So far the court has sentenced 36 war criminals to death.