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Goods Hill, the house of horror

Wasim Bin Habib and Mahbubur Rahman Khan
Goods Hill, the ancestral house of Salauddin Quader Chowdhury in Chittagong city, was repeatedly mentioned in the verdict of International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday.
Located in Rahmatganj, Goods Hill became a frightening house for the freedom fighters and residents after it was turned into a torture centre during the Liberation War in 1971.
"The accused and his father [Fazlul Quader Chowdhury| used Goods Hill situated at Chittagong town as torture centre and he as self-declared brigadier used to lead operations in different places of Chittagong," reads the judgement.
The Pakistan army and followers of Convention
Goods Hill
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Muslim League used to beat civilians and detainees with sticks and stands of mosquito nets, according to the testimonies of witnesses.
During the trial proceedings, a number of witnesses said the pro-liberation people and freedom fighters were tortured brutally at the Goods Hill in 1971.
In their testimonies, they said victims at first were taken to the drawing room of Goods Hill.
On getting green signal from the father and son, their cohorts used to beat the innocents.
The witnesses said they saw Pakistan army guard the Goods Hill.
Mohammad Salimullah, a prosecution witness, was abducted on September 21, 1971, confined to Goods Hill and tortured.
In his deposition, he said Goods Hill was the "main office" of auxiliary forces Razakars, Al-Shams and Al-Badr in Chittagong during the war.
Another prosecution witness, Prof Md Saleh Uddin, also a former vice-chancellor of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, told the court that he was brutally tortured at Goods Hill by Pakistani army and local collaborators.
Saleh said he was taken to a garage next to the house. There was a wooden staircase to go to a room over the garage, which was surrounded by fence.
The room was about 16 feet long and 10 feet wide and stuffed with sticks and stands of mosquito nets.