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Goods Hill

Prof Saleh narrates torture

Staff Correspondent
Vice-chancellor of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology during cross-examination by the defence at the International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday reiterated that he was brutally tortured at Goods Hill in Chittagong during the Liberation War.
The defence tried to prove his statement false, but Prof Dr Md Saleh Uddin said some parts of his body were thrashed and his face was cracked due to the brutal torture at the residence of Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury's father.
Saleh Uddin, the eighth prosecution witness, gave deposition to the tribunal on Monday.
In response to a question of defence counsel Ahsanul Huq Hena, the SUST VC said he was wearing a white shirt which got red by his own blood.
Ahsanul then made a suggestion saying it's not true that witness was wearing a white shirt rather he was taught to speak that way.
Saleh Uddin replied that it's not true.
On Monday, Saleh Uddin told the tribunal the collaborators after first phase of beat-ing took him before Salahuddin Quader. Seeing no tears in his eyes, the BNP leader slapped hard on his left cheek, he added.
Ahsanul Huq yesterday asked the SUST VC whether he cried after getting hurt.
The tribunal led by Justice Md Nizamul Huq intervened and made a counter question to the defence about relevance of the question. The tribunal thought the question was irrelevant and was not inclined to record it.
But the defence urged the tribunal to record it saying it was relevant.
Saleh Uddin said tears usually come out from the eyes when one is hurt, adding, he initially cried but later stopped crying.
The defence counsel yesterday made at least 10 questions about the topography of Goods Hill.
Claiming that Salahuddin Quader was in Punjab of Pakistan during June-August in 1971 and was not present at Goods Hill, Ahsanul asked the witness whether he knew about it.
Prof Saleh Uddin said he did not know it and added the claim is not true that the BNP leader was not present at Goods Hill.
The tribunal yesterday allowed four and a half hours for the cross-examination, but the defence completed it with one hour in hand.
Salahuddin Quader, MP, who was present at the dock during the cross-examination, is facing 23 charges of crimes against humanity with the tribunal.
The proceeding of the case was adjourned until today.