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War Crimes Trial

Shot dead on Jabbar's instructions

16th prosecution witness narrates loss of his father, grandfather, two uncles; tribunal fixes Nov 20 to hear suo moto contempt rule on four persons

Staff Correspondent
A victim yesterday told International Crimes Tribunal-1 that on war crimes accused former Jatiya Party lawmaker Abdul Jabbar's instructions, Razakars had shot dead 22 people, including his father, grandfather and two uncles, in Mathbaria village of Pirojpur district on October 7, 1971 during the Liberation War.
Meanwhile the tribunal also fixed November 20 to hear the reply of a suo moto contempt rule on four persons - Bangla daily Sangram's editor, one of its reporters and two others, Ekramul Haque Dulu and Azizur Rahman Sarkar Ranga.
The 16th prosecution witness, Tikendranath Majumder, 61, said some 100-150 Razakars, the Pakistani occupation army's auxiliary force, had attacked Mathbaria and Angulkata villages around 11:30pm.
“I returned home from a (warfare) training camp at Sarankhola. As I was about to enter my house, I saw that Razakars were inside,” he said.“They tied my father Horendranath Majumder, uncles Shudhir Majhi and Hemanto, brothers Jitendranath Majumder and Khirendranath Majumder and domestic help Birendranath with their hands behind their backs and beat them.
"My grandmother and two younger sisters asked them where they were being taken. Razakars told them that they were being taken to the thana (police station) to Jabbar," he said.
The witness said on the following day, he learnt that Razakars had set free seven of 37 detainees.
"The rest were taken to Surjamoni village and Razakars opened fire at them. My father Horendranath and 21 persons died on the spot," he said, adding that eight others including his brothers were seriously injured. Tikendranath will continue his testimony today.
Jabbar, who was chairman of Mathbaria Peace Committee in Pirojpur in 1971, faces five charges for his alleged involvement in
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crimes against humanity.
CONTEMPT RULE
A junior defence counsel Gazi HM Tamim yesterday prayed for a date for the hearing of a petition he submitted yesterday on behalf of the Sangram editor, reporter and Ekramul, former Badarganj Muktijoddha Sangsad unit commander, offering an all-out and unconditional apology.
The tribunal issued the rule on August 3 when the sole defence witness in the war crimes case against Jamaat leader ATM Azharul Islam showed two news reports
published at Sangram on December 27, 2013 and January 26,2014.
The reports, "Allegations brought against Azhar during the Liberation War are baseless" and "There was no student leader named Azhar from [19]69 to [19J74", were published quoting Ekramul andAzizur.
Azizur, a lawyer and Bangladesh Chhatra League's Rangpur district unit president of 1971, in another petition yesterday, stated that he did not say anything mentioned in that report. He, however, sought forgiveness from the tribunal.