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SQ Chy 'involved' in 32 war crimes

Tribunal gets today probe findings; evidence said to be found in Natun Chandra murder

Staff Correspondent
Investigators have found BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury's involvement in at least 32 incidents of crimes against humanity including genocide, murder, torture, rape and abduction during the 1971 LiberationWar.
The agency investigating war crimes told journalists yesterday that it has prepared the final probe report on Salauddin's crimes against humanity.
The investigators, however, did not give any details about their findings.
Preferring anonymity, one of the investigators told The Daily Star that they have found evidence that Chowdhury himself had shot dead several people including Natun Chandra Singha, founder of Kundeshwari Oushadhalaya, a brand of herbal medicine, in Chittagong during the LiberationWar.
Abdul Hannan Khan, coordinator of the probe agency, at its Baily Road office declined to specify the crimes allegedly committed by BNP standing committee member SQ Chowdhury.
He only said Salauddin had been directly or indirectly involved in almost all crimes under section three of the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act.
The section deals with crimes against humanity such as murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation, imprisonment, abduction,
confinement, torture, rape, genocide, and attempt, abetment or conspiracy to commit such crimes.
Hannan said they will submit the report to Chief Prosecutor Ghulam Arieff Tipoo today for producing it before the International Crimes Tribunal.
Nearly8,000pages of statements of witnesses, victims and their families and documents have been attached to the 119 page probe report, he said.
Hannan said the agency had recorded statements of 146 witnesses to crimes committed by SQ Chowdhury, who is now in prison on charges of crimes against humanity.
Nurul Islam, who led the probe, said they had taken snaps and videos, and collected maps of the scenes of the crimes allegedly committed by SQ Chowdhury in Chittagong.
"We have collected evidence and examined media reports and government documents on the allegations of war crimes against Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.”
He said the BNP leader committed the crimes with the help of Razakar, Al Badr, Al Shams and other antiliberationforces.
Replying to a question, Hannan said the agency will complete by November 1 the probe into the allegations against four Jamaat-e-Islami leaders, who are now in jail with links to crimes against humanity.
The tribunal on August 1 asked the prosecution to submit by November 1 probe reports on allegations of war crimes against lamaat Chief Motiur Rahman Nizami, its Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, and assistant secretary generals Muhammad Kamaruzzarnan and Abdul Quader Mollah.
On May 30, the agency submitted to the prosecutors the final probe report on Jamaat Nayeb-e-Ameer Delawar Hossain Sayedee. The prosecutors brought formal charges against Sayedee before the tribunal on the basis of the probe report.
The tribunal today decides on framing charges against Sayedee.
Sanaul Huq, senior investigation officer, said they will submit a primary probe report on the allegations of war crimes against former Jamaat Ameer Ghulam Azam to the tribunal within a month.