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Mueen was among Al-Badr abductors

Testifies nephew of martyr Prof Mofazzal H Chy

Staff Correspondent
Iftekhar Haider Chowdhury, nephew of martyr Prof Mofazzal Haider Chowdhury, yesterday testified that Chowdhury Mueen Uddin along with other Al-Badr men had abducted his uncle during the Liberation War and he never returned.
Iftekhar, who was eight in 1971, told the International Crimes Tribunal-2 that Mofazzal himself had identified Mueen, who was his student.
The witness said he along with his parents and other family members were present when Al-Badr men took away the pro-liberation professor on December 14,1971.
As the 11th prosecution witness in the case against alleged Al-Badr leaders Mueen Uddin and Ashrafuzzaman Khan, Iftekhar said his mother Doly Chowdhury had narrated the incident in an interview for a documentary titled "War Crimes File" aired by UK television Channel-4.
He verified the interview of his mother, who died in 2010, when the documentary was played at the courtroom.
The three-member tribunal led by Justice Obaidul Hassan with members fustice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah and Justice Md Shahinur Islam recorded his testimony before adjourning the
FROM PAGE 16 proceeding until today when Iftekhar is set to face cross-examination.
On June 24, the tribunal framed 11 charges against Mueen and Ashraf for their alleged involvement in the killings of 18 intellectuals in the last week of the nine-month-long war.
Iftekhar, an industrial relations manager of a foreign company, said his [paternal] uncle had obtained gold medal from Kolkata University for his outstanding performance in master's.
Mofazzal was an active supporter of all progressive activities including the Language Movement in 1952, said Iftekhar, adding that his uncle was a non-communal person who had believed in Bangalee nationalism.
Mofazzal, a faculty member of Bangla department at Dhaka University, protested against the then Pakistani government's decision of banning Rabindra Sangeet and a signature campaign launched by several DU teachers in favour of the then Pakistan government.
Feeling insecure, Mofazzal and his family members left his campus residence on December 12 and took shelter at Iftekhar's father's house in
Shantibagh, said the witness. Noor, a domestic help of Mofazzal, remained in the DU residence.
Iftekhar later learned from his aunt and his parents that a group of Al-Badr men had raided the DU residence on December 14 and forced Noor to give Mofazzal's whereabouts, the witness added.
The Al-Badr men arrived at their house being accompanied by Noor and asked his father Prof Lutful Haider Chowdhury about Mofazzal, the witness said.
He said the masked Al-Badr men had stormed into their house asked Mofazzal to go with them. They had given him some time to get prepared following a request by Lutful, he added.
As Mofazzal was getting ready, Lutful engaged in a conversation with an Al-Badr man, whose face was covered by a handkerchief. At one stage of the conversation, Lutful removed the handkerchief.
“My uncle [Mofazzal] looked at that man and said 'aren't you Mueen Uddin?' The man replied, 'yes, I am Mueen Uddin, I am your student'. I myself heard this brief conversation standing beside my uncle and my father," said
the witness.
Mueen Uddin had assured them that his teacher would return after meeting a Pakistani captain, said Iftekhar, adding that later Al-Badr men took away his uncle in a microbus.
After victory on December 16, Iftekhar's family had learned that many other intellectuals were abducted in the same way and remained unaccounted for. They had looked for Mofazzal's body in different killing grounds but did not find him, added Iftekhar.
After the victory, daily Purbadesh and other newspapers had published several reports on Mueen Uddin and Ashrafuzzaman's involvement in the killings of intellectuals, he added.
The tribunal had meanwhile adjourned the case proceedings against war crimes accused BNP leader Abdul Alim until August 19 following the prosecution's time petition.
Yesterday was fixed for recording cross-examination of ZM Altafur Rahman, investigation officer in the case, but the prosecution sought time as Altaf could not appear before the court due to his illness.