War crimes ‘71: Rajshahi Jamaat man gets death penalty

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday sentenced a Jamaat-e-Islami man from Rajshahi to death for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. Abdus Samad Musa alias Firoz Kha, 62, was “directly involved” in abduction, confinement, torture and murder of at least 15 people in the district’s Puthia upazila. “He [Musa] got engaged in committing atrocious acts directing civilians as a notorious loyal activist of Pakistani occupation army and later on got enrolled in locally formed Razakar Bahini,” the tribunal said.