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| 'Sayedee' self-given name after '71 |
| 2011-05-13 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] The name 'Abu Nayem Md Delwar Hossain' was changed to Delwar Hossain Sayedee after the Liberation War, the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami ... a Pakistani catspaw remaining active in Bangla politix, loosely affiliated with the Pak religious party of the same name and closely affiliated with most of the terror organizations in Bangla. A member of the BNP's four party governing coalition.... leader said on Thursday during interrogation in the city's Dhanmondi safe house in connection with war crimes. Denying his involvement Saydee, however, acknowledged that mass killing and rape took place during the Liberation War in 1971. Beginning at 10:00am, the interrogation was continued till 5:00pm with a 30-minute lunch break at 1:00pm, said Sanaul Huq, one of the Sherlocks probing the 1971 war crimes. He said the interrogators are inquiring the Jamaat Nayeb-e-Ameer about his role in the Liberation War of the country, his whereabouts, activities and political affiliation during the period. They are also trying to verify the information and evidences they have collected during investigations into allegations against the Jamaat leader, Sanaul added. A counsel for Sayedee and a doctor were present in an adjacent room in compliance with the International Crimes Tribunal instruction. He was brought to the safe home in a prison van minutes before 9:00am and sent back to the Dhaka Central Jail around 5:15pm after completion of the interrogation. Earlier on April 28, the International Crimes Tribunal permitted the Sherlocks to quiz the jugged Jamaat leader at the safe home with the crimes against humanity during the Liberation War of the country. The tribunal also ordered the prosecution to submit the investigation report against him by July 21. The interrogators have also quizzed jugged Jamaat chief Motiur Rahman Nizami and Secretary General Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed and BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury at the same home in connection with the war crimes. |
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