Convicted war criminal Sattar dies

Convicted war criminal Abdus Sattar Pyada died of old age complications at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) this evening.

The 76-year old man of Patuakhali Sadar upazila was pronounced dead at the DMCH around 5:59pm, Abdul Khan, sub-inspector of DMCH police camp, told The Daily Star.

Sattar, who was Kashimpur High Security Central Jail, was taken to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital after he felt sick today.

As his condition deteriorated, he was shifted to the DMCH where he died, said SI Abdul Khan, adding that his body was kept at DMCH morgue for autopsy.  

The International Crimes Tribunal-1, on August 13, 2018, found Sattar and four other Patuakhali men guilty of committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971 and sentenced them to death.

He was involved with Convention Muslim League, an anti-liberation political party, and joined locally formed Razakar Bahini, an auxiliary force of the Pakistan army, to commit the crimes.