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| 10 Razakars sued for '71 killings |
| 2009-10-03 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] A case has been filed against 10 suspected collaborators of Pakistani occupation forces on charge of killing three persons, arson and looting in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha during the country's Liberation War. Mohiruddin, son of late Ziauddin Mondol of Katabari village in the upazila, filed the case on Thursday with additional chief judicial magistrate court for killing his father and two brothers. The accused persons are commander Mofazzal, Abdul Karim Khan, Shamim Khan, Majid Khan, Shafuddin Khan, Shamsul Islam Khan, Sekendar Ali, Abdur Rashid, Shaheed Ali, and Ismail Hossain. All of them were active members of Razakar groups according to the case. The case story is that a group of collaborators led by Mofazzal attacked the house of Mohiruddin on May 10, 1971. The group tied up his father Ziauddin Mondol and two younger brothers Umesh Mondol and Mona Mia, took them to nearby Helalipara village and killed them. The group in collaboration with occupation forces also tortured innocent villagers, looted houses and carried out arson attacks. The additional chief judicial magistrate sent the case to Gobindaganj police station for submission of investigation report. |
| Posted by:Fred |