[1][10][11][12][13] He was the chief organizer of the Al-Badr, a paramilitary force formed to assist the Pakistan army to thwart the Bangladesh independence movement in 1971, of greater Mymensingh region.

[1][10][11][12][13][14] According to the Daily Sangram on 16 August 1971, Muhammad Kamruzzaman presided over a rally held at the local Muslim Institute in Mymensingh by the Al-Badr to mark the 25th independence day of Pakistan.

[5] In four successive elections between 1991 and 2008 Kamaruzzaman unsuccessfully contested the seat Sherpur-1 for Jamaat-e-Islami, losing the last three times to the Awami League candidate Md.

[19] Kamaruzzaman, along with nine other senior members from Jamaat-e-Islami,[6] was charged on seven counts of crimes against humanity during the war in 1971, including genocide, killings, rape, looting, arson and deportation of unarmed civilians.

[21] On 9 May 2013, the International Crimes Tribunal found him guilty on five out of the seven counts, including torture, genocide, killings, rape, looting, arson, and deportation of unarmed civilians during the 1971 Liberation war of Bangladesh and sentenced him to death by hanging on two of the charges.

[3] Though the government and ICT have stated that justice was the priority, opposition parties such as the Jamaat-e-Islami and the BNP accused the prime minister Sheikh Hasina of using the tribunal to persecute them.

[9] In December 2012, conversations and emails between the judge and a Brussels-based lawyer were published, which according to The Economist revealed that the government wanted a quick verdict from the International Crimes Tribunal.