Martyrs’ count of 1971 undisputed history: ICT

International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) today said it is an undisputed historical fact that 30 lakh people became martyrs in the 1971 Liberation War.

"The  undisputed  history  says  the  Bengali  nation  and  the freedom  fighters  fought  for  nine  months  to  get  their  homeland Bangladesh  free  from  the  capture  of  Pakistani  armed  forces," it said.

"Three million  people  laid  their  lives,  hundreds  of  thousands  women sacrificed  their  supreme  honour  for  the  cause  of  freeing  their  dear motherland  Bangladesh."

The war crimes trial's observation came while delivering the verdict of war criminals from Netrokona Obaidul Haque Taher and Ataur Rahman Nani today.

This settled history is now indisputably mingled with the nation's  holy  emotion  and  the  glory  of  the  war  of  the  liberation through which the nation achieved its motherland 'Bangladesh', it said.

The war crimes trial's observation comes at a time when BNP Chairperson Khaleda has raised a question on the number of martyrs of the Liberation War and her party is backing it up.

A sedition suit is already in motion against Khaleda after her comments.