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100 Hindus were killed in a day
Fri, Sep 24th, 2010 11:24 pm
Mintu Chowdhury
bdnews24.com staff correspondent from Chittagong
Chittagong, Sep 24 (bdnews24.com) April 13, 1971 was a momentous day in Rauzan as it experienced one of the brutal massacres by the Pakistan occupation army who were assisted by Razakars and Muslim League cadres.
On that day, at least 107 Hindus at Kundeshwari, Jagatmallaparha and Unasatturparha were brutally killed by the marauding forces. The victims included Nutan Chandra Singha, a philanthropist and owner of Kundeshwar Aushadhaloy, a herbal medicine factory.
Some who were able to escape the massacres narrated the bloodcurdling incidents before the members of the International Crimes Tribunal on Friday. They also took the team members to the places where the killing occurred.
The seven-member team, led by its chief prosecutor Golam Arif Tipu, conducted investigation in many areas of Rauzan, the constituency of Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury MP. They found involvement of Chowdhury and his father, Muslim League leader Fazlul Quader Chowdhury in the killings in two areas.
Tribunal prosecutor Zeyad Al Malum, also a member of the team, on Friday told reporters: "The media reports suggest Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury and his father to be war criminals.
"We are also getting statements from witnesses that back the allegations of war crimes against Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury and his father," Malum said at the Rural Electrification Board's office in Rauzan.
"A significant matter is that three incidents took place on the same day at three different places," he added.
Chowdhury, member of the standing committee of the main opposition BNP, however, rejected the allegations, and claimed that he was studying abroad during the war.
After visiting the house of Singha, the tribunal investigators went to the Jagatmallaparha and Unasatturparha execution grounds. Local members of Razakar force and Pakistani army, on Apr 13, 1971, killed 35 people, seven from one family, at Jagatmallaparha. On the same day around 5pm, 69 Hindus at Unasatturparha were killed.
INVOLVEMENT OF SQ CHOWDHURY
Bhupati Chandra Singha, 63, nephew of Natun Singha, also said Nutan was killed in front of the Jagaddhatri temple of his house.
Bhupati, showing the killing spot, said: "Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury came to Kundeshwari building along with the Pakistan army around 9am on April 13, 1971, when the army returned after talking to Natun.
"But [Salahuddin] around 10am came again with two-truck loads of army from the Rauzan camp. They entered the premise by breaking the gate."
Chowdhury was then accompanied by local Muslim League leader and Razakar Abdul Mabud, Nabab Mia, Ghulam Ali, Elahi Box and Abdus Salam.
"To save life, I left the house and took shelter at Binajuri village, a kilometre away. Later I heard three shots and returned after a while," Bhupati continued.
Nutan Singha was cremated beside the pond near the entrance, he said.
Prafulla told bdnews24.com: "It was [Salahuddin] who brought the Pakistan army and shot my father."
He had learned the details of that day from Amanat Khan Chowdhury, a former chairman of Gahira Union Council, who later died.
37 MURDERS IN JAGATMALLAPARHA
'Jyotsanaprabha', 80, a resident of Jagatmallaparha, two km from Kundeshwari, now nearly blind and short of hearing, saw the assassination of her husband and six other relatives on April 13, 1971.
The Pakistani army shot 37 people in front of her, including her relatives, at noon on that day, she told the investigation team.
Members of her family said she managed to escape as she became senseless and fell on the bodies.
The investigators showed respect to the martyrs by being silent for one minute in front of the monument adjacent to her house.
There has been an allegation that Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury and his followers invited the Pakistani army to stage the large-scale murder when they were coming back after killing Nutan Singha.
HINDUS WERE BURIED
Ajit Mahajan, 55, pointing to the edge of a pond at Unasatturparha, told bdnews24.com: "Around 70 people, including women, were shot there."
He said that 69 Hindus, including his father Yogesh Mahajan and elder brother Ranjeet, were killed that time.
Ajit said, "The murderers ordered my mother Harilata Mahajan and sister-in-law Minati Mahajan to sit aside when they staged the assassination."
"Local Muslim League leaders invited the Pakistan army. We could not even cremate the bodies; they were buried beside the pond," he added.
But he failed to identify the Bangladeshi associates of the Pakistan army.
He complained that the family members of the martyrs in the area did not receive any recognition from the state.
Former Union Council chairman and Awami League leader of the area Ibrahim Chowdhury said Muslim League leaders were involved in the killing, but he also failed to identify any of the Muslim League leaders.
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100 Hindus were killed in a day
Fri, Sep 24th, 2010 11:24 pm
Mintu Chowdhury
bdnews24.com staff correspondent from Chittagong
Chittagong, Sep 24 (bdnews24.com) April 13, 1971 was a momentous day in Rauzan as it experienced one of the brutal massacres by the Pakistan occupation army who were assisted by Razakars and Muslim League cadres.
On that day, at least 107 Hindus at Kundeshwari, Jagatmallaparha and Unasatturparha were brutally killed by the marauding forces. The victims included Nutan Chandra Singha, a philanthropist and owner of Kundeshwar Aushadhaloy, a herbal medicine factory.
Some who were able to escape the massacres narrated the bloodcurdling incidents before the members of the International Crimes Tribunal on Friday. They also took the team members to the places where the killing occurred.
The seven-member team, led by its chief prosecutor Golam Arif Tipu, conducted investigation in many areas of Rauzan, the constituency of Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury MP. They found involvement of Chowdhury and his father, Muslim League leader Fazlul Quader Chowdhury in the killings in two areas.
Tribunal prosecutor Zeyad Al Malum, also a member of the team, on Friday told reporters: "The media reports suggest Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury and his father to be war criminals.
"We are also getting statements from witnesses that back the allegations of war crimes against Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury and his father," Malum said at the Rural Electrification Board's office in Rauzan.
"A significant matter is that three incidents took place on the same day at three different places," he added.
Chowdhury, member of the standing committee of the main opposition BNP, however, rejected the allegations, and claimed that he was studying abroad during the war.
After visiting the house of Singha, the tribunal investigators went to the Jagatmallaparha and Unasatturparha execution grounds. Local members of Razakar force and Pakistani army, on Apr 13, 1971, killed 35 people, seven from one family, at Jagatmallaparha. On the same day around 5pm, 69 Hindus at Unasatturparha were killed.
INVOLVEMENT OF SQ CHOWDHURY
Bhupati Chandra Singha, 63, nephew of Natun Singha, also said Nutan was killed in front of the Jagaddhatri temple of his house.
Bhupati, showing the killing spot, said: "Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury came to Kundeshwari building along with the Pakistan army around 9am on April 13, 1971, when the army returned after talking to Natun.
"But [Salahuddin] around 10am came again with two-truck loads of army from the Rauzan camp. They entered the premise by breaking the gate."
Chowdhury was then accompanied by local Muslim League leader and Razakar Abdul Mabud, Nabab Mia, Ghulam Ali, Elahi Box and Abdus Salam.
"To save life, I left the house and took shelter at Binajuri village, a kilometre away. Later I heard three shots and returned after a while," Bhupati continued.
Nutan Singha was cremated beside the pond near the entrance, he said.
Prafulla told bdnews24.com: "It was [Salahuddin] who brought the Pakistan army and shot my father."
He had learned the details of that day from Amanat Khan Chowdhury, a former chairman of Gahira Union Council, who later died.
37 MURDERS IN JAGATMALLAPARHA
'Jyotsanaprabha', 80, a resident of Jagatmallaparha, two km from Kundeshwari, now nearly blind and short of hearing, saw the assassination of her husband and six other relatives on April 13, 1971.
The Pakistani army shot 37 people in front of her, including her relatives, at noon on that day, she told the investigation team.
Members of her family said she managed to escape as she became senseless and fell on the bodies.
The investigators showed respect to the martyrs by being silent for one minute in front of the monument adjacent to her house.
There has been an allegation that Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury and his followers invited the Pakistani army to stage the large-scale murder when they were coming back after killing Nutan Singha.
HINDUS WERE BURIED
Ajit Mahajan, 55, pointing to the edge of a pond at Unasatturparha, told bdnews24.com: "Around 70 people, including women, were shot there."
He said that 69 Hindus, including his father Yogesh Mahajan and elder brother Ranjeet, were killed that time.
Ajit said, "The murderers ordered my mother Harilata Mahajan and sister-in-law Minati Mahajan to sit aside when they staged the assassination."
"Local Muslim League leaders invited the Pakistan army. We could not even cremate the bodies; they were buried beside the pond," he added.
But he failed to identify the Bangladeshi associates of the Pakistan army.
He complained that the family members of the martyrs in the area did not receive any recognition from the state.
Former Union Council chairman and Awami League leader of the area Ibrahim Chowdhury said Muslim League leaders were involved in the killing, but he also failed to identify any of the Muslim League leaders.
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