Shawdesh Desk: The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Wednesday sentenced former Chhatra Shibir leader Md Abdus Sattar alias Tipu Sultan to death for his crimes against humanity during the Liberation War.

A three-member bench of ICT led by Justice Md Shahinur Islam pronounced the verdict.

Earlier on Tuesday, the ICT set Wednesday for delivering the judgment against the Rajshahi war crimes accused Abdus Sattar alias Tipu Sultan.
On October 17, the same court kept the verdict waiting after both the prosecution and defence completed closing arguments.

Sattar was a member of Islami Chhatra Sangha, the then student wing of anti-liberation Jamaat-e-Islami, and a member of the Razakar Bahini during the war, according to the investigation agency.

He was arrested in May, 1972 under the Collaborators Order, 1972 but was released in August, 1974. The accused retired in 2011 as an assistant professor from Gopalpur Degree College in Natore’s Lalpur. The tribunal framed charges against him on August 8 last year. According to them, the accused was involved in killing at least 10 and torturing two persons, looting and arson attacks on 12 houses in areas under Boalia Police Station of Rajshahi.

The prosecution produced 14 witnesses including the case’s investigation officer to prove their charges while the defence declined to produce any witness.