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Rejoinder, our reply
SM Mortuza Hossain, the newly elected vice-chairman of Muktijoddha Sangsad central command council, has issued a rejoinder to the report headlined, "Bought out!", published in The Daily Star on June 16.
Sent through his lawyer Khairul Islam, the rejoinder claimed that Mortuza had received freedom fighter's training at Haflong in Assam and took part in the Liberation War being inspired by the father of the nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. "My said client was given sanad [certificate] No Ma-106753 by the Muktijoddha Bisayak Ministry [Liberation War affairs ministry),' it added.
Mortuza was elected vice-chairman at the June 4 Muktijoddha Sangsad polls. Borhanuddin Chowdhury, excommander of Fatikchhari Muktijoddha Sangsad, and Najmul Hasan Pakhi, a war hero of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, also contested the election but were defeated, the rejoinder read.
It claimed the two had never before
raised any objection challenging Mortuza's candidacy. Neither had any other person nor any organisation questioned his prestigious status in the Muktijoddha parishad.
Mortuza also took part in the 2010 Muktijoddha Sangsad polls and was elected assistant organizing secretary, it mentioned.
"The false allegations made in the news item have caused a fatal blow to the image of my said client and thereby lowered the prestige and reputation of my said client," said the rejoinder
signed by advocate Khairul.
It added Mortuza would take legal steps against Borhanuddin and Najmul Hasan Pakhi for “defaming" him if they did not withdraw the "false allegations" bought against him and apologise for their "misdeeds".
Our Reply
Our report said allegations were rife that SM Mortuza Hossain, who hails from Fatikchhari, Chittagong, was a fake freedom fighter.
Several freedom fighters in his area told The Daily Star that Mortuza might
have received training in India but he never joined the war.
During the war, he along with his elder brother Faruk used to run a tea stall at a training camp at Harina in Sabroom, Tripura, they said, adding he returned to Bangladesh on December 17,1971, a day after victory was achieved.
In the report, Borhanuddin Chowdhury, ex-commander of Fatikchhari Muktijoddha Sangsad, confirmed that Mortuza didn't fight in the war.
Therefore, we stand by our report.