A local commander of the infamous razakar militia, formed to support the Pakistani army during the Bangladesh liberation war in 1971, has been handed death for committing crimes against humanity.
Syed Hasan Ali, a fugitive, can be hanged from the gallows or be gunned down, a Bangladesh War Crimes Tribunal pronounced in a verdict on Tuesday.
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 delivered the verdict after five out of the six charges had been proven beyond doubt against the militia commander who targeted mainly the Hindu minority people and supporters of the independence with the support of Pakistani army.
Ali has been given the death penalty on two counts, prison until death in three counts and acquitted from the remaining one after being found not guilty.
He is the fifth person to be convicted of war crimes in absentia since the historic trials began in 2010 after nearly four decades of the war that created Bangladesh.
The razakar commander killed 12 Hindus and committed genocide of unarmed civilians that left 8 people killed in Kishoregonj district.
