Saturday, December 4, 2010

12 sued on charge of war crimes in Khulna

Four alleged rajakars and eight unidentified others have been sued on charge of committing murders during Liberation War in 1971.

Mohammad Anowar Akand of Uttar Rajapur village under Sharankhola upazila of Bagerhat filed the petition case against 12 people on Tuesday afternoon with the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bagerhat Md. Rakhibul Islam.

The court ordered the OC of Sharankhola police station to record allegation of the complainant as a regular case and take legal action after proper investigation.

The four identified as rajakars and accused are Nazir Ahmed Howlader, Saleh Ahmad Gazi, Sultan Khan and Abdul Aziz Talukder.

The complainant stated in his allegation that the accused had kidnapped his father Abul Hashem Akand and elder brother Abdul Huq Akand at gun point on the night of November 25 in 1971 with the victims' eyes and hands tied up.

The accused gunned down my father and elder brother after physical torture in the early morning of November 26 on the bank of Passur river at Banishanta village under Mongla upazila of Bagerhat district, reads the complaint.

They killed my father and elder brother as they actively helped freedom fighters during liberation war in 1971, the complainant further said in his petition.

OC Azizul Huq said that he would record the case soon after receiving the petition from the court.

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