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All allegations fabricated

Counsel for Quader Mollah tells war crimes tribunal

Staff Correspondent
The defence of war crimes accused and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Mollah during cross-examination of the first prosecution witness yesterday said the witness made "fabricatedstatement" for "political purposes".
"Abdul Quader Mollah is involved in the politics of Jamaat-e-Islami and had involvement in Islami Chhatra Sangha during student life. He was implicated with the false case to harass him for political purposes," defence
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counsel Ekramul Huqe told the International Crimes Tribunal-2.
"You [prosecution witness] have given false statement being prompted by the prosecution,” Ekramul said during cross-examination of Mozaffar Ahmed Khan, the first prosecution witness of the case against the Jamaat assistant secretary general.
Mozaffar, also a freedom fighter, however rejected the defence's claims by just saying, "Itisnottrue."
During his statement on July 3, Mozaffar said Quader Mollah led a team of local Razakars that killed at least 57 people at Ghatarchar in Keraniganj on November 25, 1971.
The three-member tribunal headed by Justice ATM Fazle Kabir adjourned the
case proceedings till today following a time plea of the defence.
When yesterday's court proceedings started at 10:40am, Mozaffar made apologies to the tribunal for an "unwanted incident" during his deposition on July 3 and said he became emotional.
At one point of his deposition that day, Mozaffar refused to continue his statement saying the court was charging him.
During the three-and-a-half-hour cross-examination yesterday, Ekramul Huqe asked questions to the witness mostly on his activities as a freedom fighter during the Liberation War.
At one point, Ekramul asked: "Did you [Mozaffar] see him [Quader Mollah] committing crimes during
the Liberation War in 1971?"
"Yes, I saw him," replied Mozaffar.
"What types of crimes?" questioned Ekramul Huqe.
"I saw him [Quader Mollah] standing in front of Mohammadpur Physical Training Centre with a Chinese rifle in his hand," replied the witness.
The training centre had been used as the torture cell of Razakar and Al-Badr [two auxiliary forces of the Pakistani occupational army] during the War, Mozaffar mentioned in his deposition.
"Did you see him doing anything else?" asked Ekramul Huqe and the witness replied negatively.
Ekramul said the accused left Dhaka after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's speech at
Dhaka's Race Course Maidan on March 7, 1971 and never came back before February 1972.
Mozaffar said, "It is not true."
Quader Mollah, however, on May 28 told the tribunal he left Dhaka on March 12 or 13 in 1971 and came back to Dhaka once in July for a few days to take part in an examination.
On May 28, the tribunal framed six charges against the Jamaat leader for his alleged involvement in murders and mass killings during the War.
Quader Mollah, who is among four Jamaat and BNP leaders facing crimes against humanity charges at the tribunal-2, was produced before the court yesterday.