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Two of Kishoreganj indicted for war crimes

One of them on the run; recording of opening statement June 5

Staff Correspondent
Two Razakar suspects of Kishoreganj were indicted yesterday for genocide and crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 framed six charges against them and fixed June 5 for recording the prosecution's opening statement and witness's testimony.
The accused are Syed Mohammad Hussain alias Hossain, 64, younger brother of convicted war criminal Syed Hasan Ali, and Muhammad Moslem Pradhan, 66.
Moslem Pradhan is now in jail, while Hussain is on the run.
The prosecution on December 3 last year pressed charges against them, which included "war crimes" and "violation of the Geneva Convention-1949", and it was the first time since the start of the trial, these charges were brought against any accused.
But the six charges for which they were indicted did not include these two, said Prosecutor Tureen Afroz.
The crimes were committed in Nikli and Hossainpur upazilas of Kishoreganj.
Syed Mohammad left for Malaysia on May 21, 2014 and the investigations began on November 13 that year, according to the tribunal's investigation agency.
The Interpol has already issued a red notice and talked to Malaysian police to bring him back to Bangladesh, it had said earlier.
Moslem, of Kamarhati village in Nikli upazila, was arrested on July 8 last year following the tribunal's arrest order for the duo.
Syed Mohammad was originally from Machihata village (Pir Bari) in Brahmanbaria sadar upazila but had been living with his family in Kishoreganj sadar upazila since 1936 as his father worked there, according to the agency.
His father, Syed Musleh Uddin, was the vice president of the East Pakistan unit of Pakistan Democratic Party (PDP) and chairman of the Peace Committee in Kishoreganj sub-division in 1971, the agency said.
Both PDP and Peace Committee worked against Bangladesh'sliberation.
Syed Mohammad was the commander of the Razakar Bahini inNikli and known as "Razakarer Daroga", while his brother commanded Razakars in Tarail upazila in 1971. Moslem was a Razakar member and Syed Mohammad's associate, it said.
The three-membertribunal is led by Justice Anwarul Haque.