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Jabbar accused of forceful conversion

Some 200 Hindus in Pirojpur forced to convert to Islam on his instruction, witness tells war crimes tribunal

Staff Correspondent
A prosecution witness yesterday told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 that Razakars forced around 200 Hindus to convert to Islam at the instruction of war crimes accused Abdul Jabbar at Phuljhuri village of Pirojpur.
Ninth prosecution witness Ahmed Mia, 60, said members of Razakar, an auxiliary force to the Pakistan army, had also built a mosque on the premises of Paikbari, a locality of Hindu majority people, following Jabbar's instruction.
"They [Razakars] even forced Hindu women to marry Muslim men," he added.
The witness said he and other villagers had to leave the village due to torture of Razakars and the Pakistan army and had taken shelter in India and returned to Bangladesh after independence.
The witness, who was a student during the Liberation War in 1971, also gave deposition on the killing of two freedom fighters - Razzak Biswas and Motaleb Sharif.
Earlier, Razzak's wife and Motaleb's brother testified before the tribunal and described how they were killed at Jabbar's order.
Echoing their testimony, Ahmed yesterday said Jabbaron May 16,1971, ordered Razakars to bring the two freedom fighters dead or alive.
The Razakars had gone to their village and shot Motaleb dead that day, he said, adding that they had also shot Razzak, who succumbed to his injury three days later.
Jabbar along with Razakars and the Pakistani army returned to their village
on May 17 and looted and set fire to around 360 houses, the witness said.
After the deposition, state-appointed defence counsel Mohammad Abul Hasan cross-examined the witness.
Former Jatiya Partly lawmaker Jabbar, who was the chairman of Mathbaria Peace Committee in Pirojpur in 1971, faces five charges for his alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the war.
SUBHAN'S CASE
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 yesterday completed recording testimony of Noor Hossain, second investigation officer in the case against Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdus Subhan.
Noor, also 31st prosecution witness in the case against Subhan, testified about his investigation into the allegations against Subhan, who was the ameer of Pabna Jamaat in 1971. He said he had submitted the probe report as he found "preliminary proof" about Subhan's alleged crimes.
During his investigation, he had visited the crime scenes, talked to victims, their family members and other witnesses and collected several documents that supported his findings, said the witness.
Subhan's counsel Mizanul Islam had started cross-examining him before the three-member tribunal led by Justice Obaidul Hassan with members Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah and Justice Md Shahinur Islam adjourned the proceeding until Sunday when Noor would face further cross-examination.
Subhan, a nayeb-e-ameer of Jamaat, faces nine charges including genocide committed in Pabna during the war. Subhan, however, denies the allegations.