Dhaka: International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) started reading the verdict in the war crimes cases against Obaidul Haque Taher and Ataur Rahman Noni of Netrakona on Tuesday morning.

The judges started to read out the verdict at about 10:00am.

Earlier, Obaidul Haque Taher, and Ataur Rahman Nani, were brought to the tribunal at 9:00am from Dhaka central jail by a prison van.

A three-member tribunal, headed by Justice M Anwarul Haque, on Monday fixed Tuesday to deliver the verdicts, said prosecutor Mokhlesur Rahman Badal.

Obaidul Haque Taher and Ataur Rahman Noni are now in jail.

On 10 January, closing the law-point arguments from both sides in the trial, the ICT kept pending its verdicts for any day.

The accused duo are facing six charges, including those for mass killing, abduction, looting and arson attack, during the 1971 Liberation War.

In compliance with the tribunal order, police arrested Taher and Nani from Netrakona on 12 August last year.