Dhaka: International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) chairman Justice Anwarul Haque on Tuesday afternoon said there are no controversies over 30lakh martyrs during the Liberation War in 1971.

The ICT chairman made the remark during the observation on tribunal’s verdict which awarded death penalty to Netrakona war criminals Obaidul Haque Taher and Ataur Rahman Nani.

Anwarul Haque said the accused, Taher and Nani, have been sentenced with the highest punishment as there is no other options to create controversies over the number of war martyrs.

He said the verdict will conclude all controversies appeared over 30lakh martyrs.

Earlier, a three-member tribunal bench led by Anwarul Haque declared the death penalty of Netrakona war criminals, Taher and Nani.

The other members of the bench are Justice Shahinur Islam, and Justice Mohammad Suhrawardi.

Taher and Nani were brought to the tribunal at about 9:00am from Dhaka central jail by a prison van.

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.