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Habiganj, Brahmanbaria War Crimes

2 linked to attacks

Report against Netrakona 4 sought Feb 7

Staff Correspondent
The first prosecution witness in the case against two men in Habiganj and Kishoreganj yesterday linked them with a synchronised attack on four Hindu-dominated villages in Habiganj and Brahmanbaria that left more than 100 people dead during the 1971 Liberation War.
Haridas Roy, 66, also a victim of the attack from Krishnapur village under Lakhai upazila of Habiganj, told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 that he had seen over 120 bodies among around 130 dead afterthe attack on September 18,1971.
The accused - Liakat Ali, 61, former president of Lakhai upazila unit AL, and Aminul Islam alias Rajab Ali, 62, of Astogram upazila in Kishoreganj, who are on the run - are facing seven charges.
Haridas said some 50 to 60 Razakars and Al-Badr along with 20 to 25 Pakistani army men attacked their village in the morning on September 18 and Liakat and Aminul led the group.
At one point, the attackers picked him from their house and took him to the house of Nripen Roy of their village, said the retired schoolteacher, adding that he found 20 to 25 detained Hindu men there.
After some time, the attackers brought 20 to 25 other Hindu men there and around 1:00pm, some 50 to 52 detainees including him were forced to stand in three lines, he said.
At one point, Liakat, Aminul and an army man opened fire on them and along with the bullet-hit persons, he also laid on the soil, said the witness.
Following the order of Liakat and Aminul, two to three Razakars beat them and one of them hit him in the forehead, said the witness showing his injury marks to the judges.
Later, he found dead bodies of 43 people there. As the attackers left the area, he went to their neighbouring Chandipur Krishnapur village and found nine bodies on the yard of Dashu Sukla Baidya's house after sometime, said the witness.
He saw 26 bodies near the house of Chitta Das in their neighbouring Nagar
Krishnapur village and heard about the killing of eight persons of Canganagar village in Brahmanbaria.
He also saw dead bodies of 40 to 45 people in different parts of those villages, said Haridas, adding that the killings and attacks were carried out by the same groups.
A mausoleum was built at Krishnapur High School in memory of the martyrs, he added.
The three-member tribunal led by Justice Anwarul Haque adjourned the case until tomorrow when Haridas will face cross-examination of the defence counsel.
Meanwhile, the tribunal directed the prosecution to submit investigation report on February 7 next year in the case filed against four Netrakona war crime suspects.
The order came after Prosecutor Rana Dasgupta sought one month time to complete investigation.
Of the accused Azizur Rahman, 65, Ashak Ali, 82, and Md Shahnewaz, 88, of Durgapur upazila in the district are in jail while Khalilur Rahman, 72, also a brother of Azizur, is on the run.
Another accused of the case Ramjan Ali died of old age complications on September 30.