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War Trial of Qaisar

Witness testifies on rape by Pak troops

Staff Correspondent
A prosecution witness yesterday testified that two Pakistan army men raped his paternal aunt at her house inside a tea garden in Habiganj, receiving a "signal" from Syed Mohammad Qaisar during the Liberation War in 1971.
Qaisar, a state minister in the HM Ershad regime, faces 16 charges of crimes against humanity, including genocide, committed in Habiganj and Brahmanbaria during the war.
The 73-year-old accused, however, pleaded not guilty before the court.
"I want justice," the 18th prosecution witness in the case against Qaisar prayed to the International Crimes Tribunal-2 as he identified Qaisar in the courtroom.
During his 35-minute testimony, the 55-year-old man, from the Santal community of West Chandpur Tea Garden in Chunarughat of Habiganj, said he was 12 at the time of the war and his and his aunt's families had been living on the same premises.
At the end of the Bangla month of Baishakh (probably on May 11, 1971), two Pakistan army men along with three civilians went to their house around 10:00am.
Among the civilians, Gafur and Abdul Haque were acquainted with the witness. But he did not know the
other man in white shirt and pant.
"I hid myself in the bushes beside our house and from there, I saw the man, who wore a white shirt and pant, signal to the Pakistan army men to enter my aunt's house.
"I heard my aunt shout out 'save me, save me,'" the witness said, adding that when his grandfather had attempted to save his aunt, the civilians beat up the elderly man.
His aunt later told her husband about the Pakistani men violating her.
The witness also said he got to know from the elderly people in the neighbourhood, who had seen the Pakistan army men enter their house with civilians, that the man in white shirt was Qaisar from Noapara.
The day following the incident, he, his two elder sisters and one younger brother were sent to India for security reasons, said the witness, adding that after 10 to 12 years, he again saw Qaisar when he came to the tea garden to seek votes as a Jatiya Party candidate.
His aunt is now over 80 years old and finds it hard to move and talk, the witness said.
After he finished his testimony, Qaisar's lawyer cross-examined him before the three-member tribunal led by Justice Obaidul Hassan.
The court adjourned the case proceedings until Thursday.