SC acquits ex-AL leader Mobarak Hossain in 1971 war crimes case
On 24 November 2014, the International Crimes Tribunal-1 sentenced Mobarak to death for one charge and life imprisonment for another
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has acquitted Mobarak Hossain, an expelled Awami League leader from Brahmanbaria, in a case filed over crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 Liberation War.
The verdict was announced today (30 July) by a bench headed by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed.
Senior lawyers SM Shahjahan and Imran A Siddique represented Mobarak, while Prosecutor Gazi Monowar Hossain Tamim appeared for the state.
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On 24 November 2014, the International Crimes Tribunal-1 sentenced Mobarak to death for one charge and life imprisonment for another after finding him guilty of two out of five charges.
The tribunal found that he was involved in the killing of 33 people in Tanmandail and Jangail villages under Akhaura Police Station and the murder of Abdul Khalek in Shatyan village.
Mobarak filed an appeal with the Appellate Division on 18 December on the same year (2014). The appeal included an 82-page main petition and a total of 862 pages of documents.
Until 2012, Mobarak served as the organising secretary of the Mogra Union Awami League in Akhaura upazila. He was later expelled from the party. Before that, he had been associated with Jamaat-e-Islami.
The tribunal acquitted him of the remaining three charges due to lack of sufficient evidence.
