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All charges 'false'

Son defends Nizami at war tribunal

Staff Correspondent
War crimes accused Motiur Rahman Nizami's son yesterday told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 that the charges brought against his father were totally false and politically motivated.
To substantiate his claim, Mohammad Nazibar Rahman, fourth defence witness in the case, said, "No allegations |of war crimes] were brought against my father until his participation in the national election in 1986."
He also claimed no case had been filed against his father and newspaper reports on the 1971 atrocities also did not mention Nizami's name.
But a post editorial by Nizami in Jamaat-e-Islami’s mouthpiece Daily Sangram on November 14,1971 disputes his claim.
In that editorial Al-Badr chief Nizami said, "I believe that the day is not very far when the youths of Al-Badr alongside our armed forces will annihilate the Hindu force and abolish Hindustan."
A book titled "Ekattorer Ghatak O Dalalra Ke Kothai" has reprinted the entire editorial.
The book says Nizami praised the Pakistani army on August 2, 1971 at a rally of Jamaat's then student wing Island Chhatra Sangha at Muslim Institute in Chittagong.
Nizami said, "If patriotic people came forward since March 1 to counter miscreants (freedom fighters), such a situation would not be created. Allah bestowed responsibilities to Muslims to save Pakistan. When the Muslims failed, Allah saved the country through the army."
To mark Pakistan's independence day on August 14, Nizami led a procession of Chhatra Sangha at Dhaka University. Slogans like "with our blood, Pakistan will survive, kill India's agents” were chanted at that procession.
The notorious Al-Badr was formed with Chhatra Sangha members with an evil design to eliminate the intellectuals of the emerging country. According to the prosecution documents, Nizami was the president of the Chhatra Sangha.
After the Liberation War a committee was formed to prepare a list of Pakistani army's collaborators including Razakar, Al-Badr and Al-Shams, said Nazibar. "In my investigation, I did not find my father's name on the list," he said.
He added a probe committee had been formed to investigate the killings of intellectuals and more than 42 cases were filed to that end. Anothercase was filed in 1997.
"My father was not implicated in any of those cases," said the defence witness.
"Even after their failure to bring allegations of killing the intellectuals against my father, he has been charged with the same at the instruction of someone," he alleged.
Prosecutor Mohammad Ali raised objection saying the prosecution did not bring any charge at anyone's instruction and prayed to the tribunal to expunge the line.
The tribunal however kept the line in record with the prosecution's objection.
Nazibar said his father was not an unknown person in 1970 and 1971 and his statements had been regularly published in different newspapers. "His activities were described in the government's intelligence report," he added.
He claimed there was no such report that his father was the Al-Badr chief or had held meetings with the Pakistani army.
Nizami's son claimed his father had not gone to Pabna during the war and there was no intelligence report to disprove it.
Following his deposition he exhibited 26 documents as proof of his claims.
The tribunal adjourned the proceeding until October 27. Nazibar is set to continue with his deposition that day.
Nizami, who is facing 16 war crimes charges, was hauled before the tribunal.