Investigators find war crimes evidence against 5 Mymensingh men

The Investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal has found war crimes evidence against five people from Mymensingh.

The five were involved with Razakar Bahini (collaborators) during the Liberation War in 1971, and committed crimes including killing of 45 people and abduction of seven people in Dhobaura upazila of Mymensingh.

Investigation agency Coordinator Abdul Hannan Khan and Co-coordinator Sanaul Huq revealed the information at a press conference at the agency's Dhanmondi office.

Among the five accused, three -- Kitab Ali Fakir, 85, Zonab Ali, 68, and Abdul Kuddus, 62, -- are now in jail. They are all from Dhobaura upazila of Mymensingh.

The agency official did not disclose the name of the two other accused as they are yet to be arrested.

Arrest warrant has already been issued against them and law enforcers are trying to arrest them, the official said.

The accused were involved with either Jamaat-e-Islami or Muslim League in 1971 and now they are affiliated with the BNP, the coordinator said.

Monowara Begum, the investigation officer of the case, told The Daily Star that she will hand over the probe report of the case and other documents to the Chief Prosecutor Office of the tribunal today.