On October 15, five persons were given death penalty by International Crimes Tribunal-1 for their involvement in crimes against humanity during 1971 Liberation war, reports Daily Star. The five persons Ranju Miah, Abdul Jabbar Mondal, Jachijar Rahman, Abdul Wahed Mondal and Montaz Alia Bepari belonged to Gaibandha Sadar upazila and were involved with Jamaat-e-Islami (JEI), an anti-liberation party, during the war. Among the five guilty persons who were part of the Razakar Bahini, only Ranju Miah is in jail while the rest four are absconding. The war crimes tribunals till date have so far delivered 40 verdicts against 94 people with 68 sentenced to death.