Md._Shakhawat_Hossain
Md. Shakhawat Hossain
Bangladeshi politician
Md. Shakhawat Hossain, better known as Maulana Shakhawat,[2] was a Bangladeshi politician. He represented the Jessore-6 constituency as a Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and a Bangladesh Nationalist Party member in the 5th and 6th Jatiya Sangsad respectively.[3][4] He later served as the Presidium Member of Jatiya Party.[5]
In August 2016, International Crimes Tribunal sentenced Hossain to death for war crimes.[6] He was convicted of killing two persons, raping one and torturing two others in Keshabpur Upazila of Jessore District during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.[7]