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War Crimes Trial

Witness saw Kamaruzzaman with arms

Staff Correspondent
A prosecution witness yesterday testified that he had seen Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman carrying arms on his shoulder at Mymensingh District Council Rest House during the Liberation War.
“I don't know [who was the Al-Badr commander of Mymensingh district and town during the war] but I know that Kamaruzzaman Saheb was a leader of Al-Badr," Dabir Hossain Bhuiyan told the International Crimes Tribunal-2.
Dabir, one of the detainees of the camp and the fifteenth prosecution witness in the case against the Jamaat assistant secretary general, said this when he faced cross-examination by
Kamaruzzaman's defence.
According to prosecution documents, Al-Badr, an anti-liberation force, collaborated with the Pakistani army in committing genocide, killings and other atrocities during the war, and Mymensingh District Council Rest House was an Al-Badr camp with several torture cells.
Dabir, in his testimony on December 12 last year, said Kamaruzzaman used to pick out detainees of the camp for death; and during his 26-27-day detention at the camp, at least four people disappeared after Kamaruzzaman had selected them.
The three-member tribunal headed by Justice Obaidul Hassan with members Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah and Judge M Shahinur Islam completed recording the cross-examination before adjourning the case proceeding until tomorrow.
Defence counsel Kafil Uddin Chowdhury cross-examined Dabir of Mymensingh for over two and a half hours.
Replying to a question, Dabir said he did not know which post of Islami Chhatra Sangha Kam aruzzaman held in 1970-1971, "But, he, [Kamaruzzaman] was a big leader [of Chhatra Sangha].”
In his testimony, Dabir said Pakistani brigadier Kader Khan had directed Kamaruzzaman to release him when he and two other detainees were produced before him at the camp in the second half of August, 1971.
“ How many people were kept in detention [at the camp] when Kader Khan wentthere?" asked Kafil.
Four or five persons including Dabir and Hamidul Haque, the first prosecution witness in the case, were in a room, said Dabir.
"Whether Kader Khan went to your room or you were produced before him?" asked Kafil.
“Kader Kahn was present at Kamaruzzaman's room at the rest house. Al-Badr men produce Hamid, me and another person of our room [before Kader],” replied Dabir.
“There was no room of Kamaruzzaman in the rest house,” suggested Kafil.
Dabir rejected the defence's claim, saying, ‘It's nottrue.”
Replying to two other questions, Dabir said he does not know the names of the president and general secretary of the Mymensingh Peace Committee, Razakar, Al-Shams and Islami Chhatra Sangha, the then student wing ofjamaat
Peace Committee, Razakar and Al-Shams were three other antiliberation forces during the war, according to prosecution documents.
“Who was the Al-Badr commander of Mymensingh district and town?” asked Kafil.
“I don't know. But Kamaruzzaman Saheb was a leader of Al-Badr,” replied Dabir.
Kafil asked whether Kamaruzzaman bore any sign or nameplate identifying himself as Al-Badr commander or other postbearer, when Dabir had seen him at the camp?
Dabir replied in the negative.
“Have you seen arms in his [Kamaruzzaman] hand?” asked Kafil.
“Then [on the first day at the camp], I didn't see any arms in his hand. Later, I have seen him [Kamaruzzaman] carrying arms on his shoulder,” replied Dabir.
"Kamaruzzaman was not in Mymensingh during the Liberation War and he was neither an anti-liberation activist nor an Al-Badr leader,” suggested Kafil.
“It's not true,” replied Dabir.
"Getting benefit from the Awami League and being directed, you have given false testimony in the false case [against Kamaruzzaman],” Kafil gave his final suggestion.
“It's not true,” replied Dabir.
Al one point of cross-examination, the tribunal cautioned Kafil when he made a comment over Mujibnagar government, Bangladesh's first governmentinexile.
Kafil regretted for his comment.
On June 4, the tribunal indicted Kamaruzzaman on seven charges of murder and torture of unarmed civilians and complicity in other crimes against humanity during the nine-month-long War.