Dhaka, July 31 -- The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has acquitted Mobarak Hossain, a former leader of the Awami League, who had been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity committed during Bangladesh's 1971 Liberation War.
A five-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by Chief Justice Dr Syed Refaat Ahmed, delivered the verdict on Wednesday, overturning the judgment delivered by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 nearly a decade ago.
On 24 November 2014, the ICT-1, comprising Justice M Enayetur Rahim, Justice Jahangir Hossain, and Justice Anwarul Haque, found Mobarak guilty of being one of the key members of the Razakar force in Brahmanbaria during the Liberation War.
Of the five charges brought against h...