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Evidence of killing by Quasem found

Investigator tells war crimes trial

Staff Correspondent
An investigator yesterday said he had found evidence that Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali, along with his aides, abducted pro-liberation people and killed many of them after torture at detention camps in Chittagong during the Liberation War.
As a top Al-Badr commander, he colluded with other anti-liberation elements and committed large-scale crimes in Bangladesh, especially in Chittagong in
1971, said Nurul Islam, the investigation officer and last prosecution witness in Quasem'scase.
"I became convinced from the evidence I collected during investigation that Mir Quasem Ali was involved in abduction, confinement, torture, arson, killing and hiding bodies, which count as international crimes," he told the International Crimes Tribunal-2.
Quasem faces 14 charges of murder, torture, confinement and other crimes committed in Chittagong during the ninemonth war but he pleaded not guilty.
During his one-and-a-half-hour testimony, Nurul said he started the probe against Quasem on July 26, 2010 after receiving information from freedom fighters, Liberation War organisers, victims and their family members that he was "directly involved" in war-time crimes.
The witness said during his around three-year probe, he visited crime scenes, recorded statements of witnesses, and collected newspapers and books supporting the allegations.
The evidence revealed that Quasem, a first-year honours student of Chittagong Government College in 1971, was president of the college and Chittagong city units of Jamaat's then student wing Islami Chhatra Sangha, the investigator said.
Quasem became general secretary of Islami Chhatra Sangha of East Pakistan on November6,1971 and in collusion with the Pakistani army, Jamaat, and other antiliberation organisations, he "formed Al-Badr Bahini", he said.
The 24th witness said a number of Al-Badr torture camps were set up at different parts of Chittagong including Dalim Hotel and Salma Manjil.
Nurul said he submitted the probe report to the chief prosecutor on May 16, 2013, as the allegations were "primarily proved" by the evidence.
After his testimony, defence counsel Najibur Rahman started cross-examining Nurul before the three-member tribunal led by Justice Obaidul Hassan adjourned the proceeding till April 15 when Nurul will face further cross-examination.