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| Mollah, his men killed poet, family | |
| 2012-07-25 | |
Fourth prosecution witness poet Quazi Rosy, who was a close friend and a neighbour of Meherun Nesa, said even though Meherun appealed for life embracing the holy Koran, they slit the throat of all of them. The 63-year-old witness said she had heard about the brutal killings from people on March 27, 1971, evening, the day of incident, and after the Liberation War she heard it from two non-Bangalee Biharies of Mirpur. On July 10, Syed Shahidul Haque Mama, a freedom fighter and the second prosecution witness in the crimes against humanity case, also said Quader Mollah and his accomplices had killed Meherun Nesa and her family members during the Liberation War. On May 28, the tribunal indicted the Jamaat assistant secretary general on six charges of crimes against humanity, including murders and mass killings. Yesterday, the three-member tribunal, led by its Chairman Justice ATM Fazle Kabir with members Justice Obaidul Hassan and Judge Md Shahinur Islam, also recorded the cross-examination of Rosy before it adjourned the case proceedings until tomorrow. During her 50-minute testimony yesterday, Rosy said Meherun accompanied her most of the time of the pre-liberation period. "We had formed an action committee to resist oppression against Bangalees in Mirpur [before the war]. I was the president and Meherun and many others were members of the action committee," said Rosy. After Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's March-7 speech in 1971, which was a call for liberation, enmity between Bangalees and non-Bengalees intensified, said the witness, adding, "Under the circumstances, we continued to hold meetings regularly." "On the morning of March 25, 1971, we had a meeting and apprehended that something was going to happen," said Rosy. "When, I reached home after the meeting, I got information that my home was going to be raided along with Meherun's home," Rosy said, adding, "Because, we were the female members of the action committee." | |
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