A Dhaka court has sent Khan Akram Hossain, accused of committing crimes against humanity during the War of Liberation, to jail.
Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mainul Islam Bhuiyan passed the order after Bagerhat police produced him before the court on Saturday afternoon.
Khan Akram Hossain was arrested from Rajshahi district on June 19.
Akram, 59, alleged Razakar commander of village Doiboggohati under Morelganj police station in Bagerhat, was on the run since the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) 1 issued an arrest warrant against him on June 10.
According to the prosecution, Akram was directly involved in the Shakharikathi genocide in 1971, in which 42 people were killed and some forced to convert.
Earlier on June 11, the police arrested Abdul Latif Talukder, Akram's alleged accomplice in the crime, and the next day he was produced before the court. Latif is now in jail.