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Bangladesh
No legal bar for execution of BNP leaders
2015-11-21
Attorney general, Mahbubey Alam has said there is no legal barriers to execute BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Jamaat-e-Islami secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed as the Supreme Court has disposed of the review petitions of war criminals on Wednesday.

“The trial process of the cases ended through Wednesday’s verdicts. Now, there is no legal bar for execution of the verdicts,” AG Mahbubey Alam said after the SC ruling maintaining its previous decision upholding International Crimes Tribunal verdict.
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Bangladesh
Petition against Jamaat likely next month
2014-01-19
[Dhaka Tribune] The government is likely to file a petition next month to try Jamaat-e-Islami
...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
for its crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War, but due to absence of punishment in the related law, the initiative may not yield any result, many said.

Investigations against Jamaat as a party began on August 18 last year for its involvement in crimes through several groups of collaborators formed under the party leadership. But the investigation officer and some legal professionals are concerned as there is no punishment meted out in the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act.

The Sherlocks and the prosecution are now dealing with some observations made by the two tribunals about Jamaat -- a component of BNP-led 18-party alliance -- to prove its crimes as a "criminal organization" in 1971.

The petition will be filed next month, barrister Tureen Afroz, one of the prosecutors, told the Dhaka Tribune. She said they would pray for a ruling on Jamaat to apologise to the nation for its role in 1971.

But Investigation Officer Motiur Rahman is confused about the last part of the probe report where he has to pray for some punishment. He said: "The Act of 1973 does allow me to seek justice but not any specific punishment for any organization."

On February 17 last year parliament passed an amendment empowering the tribunals to hold trial of any organization for committing crimes against humanity in 1971. The Act, however, does not have any provision of punishment.

When asked, legal professional Shahdin Malik said: "It is a problem to make an organization subject to criminal law as it is not possible to sentence an organization to death. In this part of trial, we should have been specific. The punishment can be imposition of a ban on an organization. If we can specify it in the Act, then it will be more appropriate."

Tureen differs with these arguments. "We can amend the Act anytime. But it is not necessary now."

She added that in 20(2) of the Act, the tribunal shall award sentence of death or other punishment proportionate to the gravity of the crime as appears to the tribunal to be just and proper. "So the tribunal can give any punishment that they want," she said.

However,
alcohol has never solved anybody's problems. But then, neither has milk...
Investigator Motiur said: "By 'any other punishment' is not proper for the organization. So if possible, the government can change this part [of the Act]."

In August this year, the High Court has declared Jamaat's registration with the Election Commission illegal since its party constitution was found to be contradictory with the country's constitution and election rules.

In many verdicts, the tribunals included some observations about Jamaat. It even suggested that the government bar anti-liberation people from holding key positions in any government, non-government and socio-political organizations.

A tribunal in the verdict against Jamaat guru Ghulam Azam said: "In the interest of establishing a democratic as well as non-communal Bangladesh, we observe that no such anti-liberation people should be allowed to sit at the helm of executives of the government, social or political parties, including government and non-government organizations."

Meanwhile,
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sentencing al-Badr leaders Chowdhury Mueen Uddin and Ashrafuzzaman Khan to death for abducting and killing 18 intellectuals, the tribunal said: "It was Jamaat-e-Islami and its creations, fanatic groups like al-Badr, razakar, al-Shams, and the Peace Committee, who took a stance to 'save Pakistain and Islam' even if it required the obliteration of pro-liberation nation."

The two tribunals made almost similar observations in the cases against other top Jamaat leaders Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Muhammad Kamaruzzaman.
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Bangladesh
Bangla: Jamaat's Quasem indicted
2013-09-06
[Bangla Daily Star] The International Crimes Tribunal-1 yesterday indicted Jamaat-e-Islami
...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
leader Mir Quasem Ali on 14 charges, including murder, torture, abduction and confinement of people and complicity in crimes against humanity during the Liberation War.

A member of Jamaat's executive council, Quasem, 60, pleaded not guilty
"Wudn't me."
by saying, "Honourable tribunal, I am completely innocent."

The tribunal also fixed September 30 for the opening statement of the prosecution and the commencement of the trial.

Born in Munsidangi Sutalori of Manikganj on December 31, 1952, Quasem became the general secretary of Islami Chhatra Sangha, the then student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, on November 7, 1971.

Chhatra Sangha members formed the Al-Badr force to collaborate with the Pak military to commit genocide and mass killing during the war, according to historical records and earlier tribunal verdicts. The charges say that Quasem had led members of the Al-Badr of Chittagong in 1971.

"Al-Badar [Al-Badr] was created not to maintain peace and public order. Rather, it is proved beyond reasonable doubt that it had carried out a series of untold criminal activities, in furtherance of the policy and plan of the Pakistain occupation army in a systematic manner," read the judgement against condemned war criminal Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed.

Quasem apparently did very well after the Liberation War. According to defence documents, Quasem is the chairman of Keari Ltd, a real estate and tourism company, chairman of the managing committee of Diganta Media Corporations, which owns now off-the-air Diganta TV and the Naya Diganta paper.

He is also a founding member of Ibn-Sina Trust, which owns several medical facilities and a pharmaceutical company, and a member secretary of Islami Bank Foundation and founding member of Islami Bank.

The prosecution during the charge framing hearing tried to establish the superior status of Quasem during the Liberation War by citing reports published in newspapers.

Quoting a report of Daily Pakistain of November 8, 1971, prosecutor Sultan Mahmud Simon said Quasem addressed a rally, organised by Al-Badr, in front of Baitul Mukarram mosque where he vowed to resist India's attack, kill "myrmidons" and establish Islamic society.
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Bangladesh
Fugitive top accused of intellectual killings gives outrageous interview to Al Jazeera TV
2013-07-22
[Bangla Daily Star] Jamaat leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed had made an audacious comment in 2007 that there were no war criminals in Bangladesh and last week the Al-Badr leader was convicted and condemned for crimes against humanity he committed during the Liberation War.

Chowdhury Mueen Uddin, who was allegedly a little down in the pecking order from Mojaheed at Al-Badr in 1971, has now made a similarly audacious comment.
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Bangladesh
Jamaat actions unlike Islam, judgment says of the party during War of Liberation
2013-07-18
[Bangla Daily Star] Although the Jamaat-e-Islami had claimed that Islam was its ideology, no proof of humanity and tolerance was found in its activities during the Liberation War, International Crimes Tribunal-2 said yesterday in its verdict against Jamaat leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed.

Terming the pro-liberation Bangalee people "miscreants", "agents of India", and "enemies of Islam", the Jamaat had opted to wipe them out only in the name of preserving Pakistan, noted the tribunal judges.

"The nation will be failing to acknowledge the sacrifices of millions of people who had laid their lives and honour for the cause of our hard-earned independence if individuals like the present accused [Mojaheed] are not brought to book for their notorious role and active contribution and endorsement for committing systematic atrocities in 1971 in the territory of Bangladesh," they added.

Reiterating the observations made in the verdict against another Jamaat leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman in May this year, the tribunal said the victims and sufferers of the diabolical atrocities do have the right to know the Jamaat's role in 1971.

The ICT-2 handed death sentence to Mojaheed, secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami, for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War 42 years ago.

The same tribunal had found Kamaruzzaman, one of the key organisers of the infamous Al-Badr, guilty of committing crimes against humanity and sentenced him to death.

Yesterday's verdict also said, "The Jamaat-e-Islami had played a substantial role in formation of the Al-Badar [Al-Badr], Razakar, al-Shams and peace committees and of course not with the intent to guard the civilians and their property."

The Al-Badr was an "action section" and "armed wing" of the Jamaat-e-Islami, which was formed mainly with the workers of the Jamaat's student wing Islami Chhatra Sangha, observed the judges.

The Jamaat, they said, had indulged in indiscriminate massacre of their political opponents belonging to the Bangalee nation in the name of liquidating "miscreants" and "infiltrators" for which it had used Razakars and Al-Badr.

The tribunal further held that the Jamaat had allowed the creation of Al-Badr and Razakar to operate an assembly line of incalculable atrocities in the territory of Bangladesh in 1971.

This party cannot be relieved of the accountability of unspeakable mayhem, atrocities and murders committed by the Al-Badr, which was created by it (Jamaat), stated the court.

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Bangladesh
No war criminals in Bangladesh, Claimed Mojaheed six years back after EC meeting
2013-07-18
[Bangla Daily Star] Convicted war criminal Jamaat-e-Islam Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed six years ago had claimed that there were no war criminals in Bangladesh.

Flanked by his party colleagues and the now convicted war criminals Delwar Hossain Sayeedi
...Islamic orator and politician. He was a former Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2008, and is one of the most prominent leaders of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami...
, Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, Abdul Quader Mollah, and suspected war criminals Abdus Subhan and ATM Azharul Islam, he attended a meeting with the Election Commission regarding electoral reforms on October 25, 2007.

When journalists asked him about the growing demand for declaring the anti-liberation forces and war criminals disqualified from contesting the national elections, Mojaheed had said, "The constitution does not support the demand. Besides, there are no war criminals in Bangladesh. It is the imaginary and self-created bizarre idea of those talking about war crimes... there are no anti-liberation forces in Bangladesh."

Asked about Jamaat's role in 1971 Liberation War, he had counter asked the news hounds to investigate it themselves. About war crimes accusations against them, Mojaheed had said, "These accusations are all false and ill-motivated."

The Awami League-led grand alliance won the national elections in 2008 and as per their electoral pledge it set up an International Crimes Tribunal on March 25, 2010 to try war criminals. In 2012, it set up another tribunal for expeditious trial.

Mojaheed's statements were proven wrong when Abul Kalam Azad -- expelled Jamaat leader -- aka Bachchu Razakar was the first of the lot to be sentenced with the capital punishment for crimes against humanity and genocide.

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Bangladesh
Mojaheed's turn today
2013-07-17
[Bangla Daily Star] The International Crimes Tribunal-2 is set to deliver today the verdict in the war crimes case against Jamaat-e -Islami Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed.

The alleged chief of infamous Al-Badr force is facing seven charges, including that of murder, genocide and conspiracy to kill intellectuals, during the country's Liberation War in 1971.

Forty-one days after the completion of the case proceedings, Tribunal-2 Chairman Justice Obaidul Hassan yesterday announced the verdict date in the courtroom.

On June 5, the court had shelved the case for delivering verdict.

During their closing arguments, the prosecution sought capital punishment for Mojaheed claiming that they had been able to prove all the charges against him while the defence claimed otherwise.

If convicted, Mojaheed might have to walk to the gallows.

Yesterday, he was shifted from Narayanganj prison to Dhaka Central Jail, reports our Narayanganj correspondent.

Narayanganj jail Superintendent Mustafizur Rahman said that amid tight security Mojaheed had been shifted to Dhaka in a prison van around 5:50pm.
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Bangladesh
4 killed during hartal; shutdown called again for today
2013-07-17
[Bangla Daily Star] Jamaat-Shibir activists continued to be on the rampage and clashed with law enforcers in different parts of the country yesterday, the second day of hartal
... a peculiarly Bangla combination of a general strike and a riot, used by both major political groups in lieu of actual governance ...
in protest at the verdict in the war crimes trial of ex-Jamaat-e-Islami
...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
chief Ghulam Azam.

The violence left three persons and a child dead and scores of others, including 10 coppers, maimed in the districts of Satkhira, Dinajpur and Gazipur yesterday. The corpse count rose to nine in two days.

In contrast, the hartal called by the youths of Shahbagh and 10 left-leaning student organizations passed peacefully.

They observed the shutdown yesterday demanding the death penalty for Ghulam Azam, who was sentenced by International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Monday to 90 years in prison for criminal masterminding genocide and other crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.

The Jamaat has also called for another daylong shutdown today and threatened to extend it to 24 hours, if the party's secretary general, Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, is convicted of wartime offences by the tribunal which is set to deliver the verdict this morning.

The country virtually has fallen into a hartal trap with five continuous shutdowns beginning from Sunday. There will be no working day until next Sunday if the Jamaat enforces hartal tomorrow.

Already suffering from the heat of political unrest, the economy is facing another spell of damage when the country is trying to get rid of a stigma by holding trials of those who actively opposed the birth of Bangladesh and collaborated with the Pakistain occupation army.
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Bangladesh
Death penalty sought for Mojaheed
2013-05-17
[Bangla Daily Star] Wrapping up its closing arguments in the war crimes case against Jamaat-e-Islami
...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, the prosecution yesterday sought capital punishment for the accused.

"Nothing but the death penalty would be appropriate for such a devil [Mojaheed]," Prosecutor Tureen Afroz told the International Crimes Tribunal-2 at the end of the prosecution arguments.

The three-member tribunal led by Justice Obaidul Hassan with members Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah and Judge Md Shahinur Islam fixed May 22 for hearing the defence's closing arguments.

The prosecution would get their chance to reply if they feel it necessary after the defence's closing arguments.

The tribunal, as per relevant laws, would set a date for delivering a verdict in the case after hearing closing arguments by both the prosecution and the defence.

Mojaheed, a former technocrat minister of the last BNP-led four-party alliance government, was indicted on seven charges, which include murders, genocide and conspiracy to kill intellectuals during the Liberation War in 1971.

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Bangladesh
War crimes witness testifies against Mojaheed, Azad
2012-11-28
[Bangla Daily Star] Testifying in two cases yesterday, a freedom fighter said he was tortured by war-crimes accused Azad and others after Jamaat leader Mojaheed held a meeting with a Mighty Pak Army officer and Razakars at Faridpur Circuit House.

Ranjit Kumar Nath alias Babu Nath told the International Crimes Tribunal-2 that expelled Jamaat member Abul Kalam Azad and his cohorts tortured him inhumanly after Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed signalled them to take him away from the circuit house.

Ranjit, the seventh prosecution witness in the case against Mojaheed, gave a heart wrenching testimony on how he was picked up by Azad and his associates, confined to a house in Bihari colony, tortured and how he escaped.

Ranjit also gave his testimony as the fifth prosecution witness in the case against Azad alias Bachchu Razakar before the same tribunal yesterday.

In the case against Azad, Ranjit said Jamaat Secretary General Mojaheed, Bachchu Razakar and some Biharies (Urdu speaking people) welcomed the Mighty Pak Army when they arrived in Faridpur on April 21, 1971.

They took the army to Prabhu Jagatbandhu Ashram (temple).

"The Mighty Pak Army men shot eight priests dead while Mojaheed and Bachchu were with them," said the 62-year-old witness from Faridpur.

The three-member tribunal, headed by Justice ATM Fazle Kabir with members Justice Obaidul Hassan and Judge M Shahinur Islam recorded Ranjit's separate testimonies.

Mojaheed was produced before the court yesterday. Azad is on the run.

During his 40-minute testimony in the case against Mojaheed, Ranjit said he was involved with the Awami League in 1971 and took part in several of its meetings and processions.

"I took shelter on the outskirts of Faridpur town after the Mighty Pak Army arrived on April 21, 1971," said Ranjit, adding that on the first week of June 1971, he went to the town to collect information about the Liberation War.

When Ranjit was approaching the town, one Habi Matabbar, terming him a freedom fighter, handed him over to Abul Kalam Azad, Abul Mia and Kalu Bihari at East Khabashpur.

"Beating me up, they took me to Faridpur Circuit House on a rickshaw and Major Koreshi, a Mighty Pak Army official, Mojaheed, Afzal and other Razakars were holding a meeting there," said Ranjit.

According to the prosecution, as a leader of Islami Chhatra Sangha, the student wing of Jamaat in 1971, Azad was a close associate of the then central Chhatra Sangha leader Mojaheed.

Getting a signal from Mojaheed, Azad and his associates blindfolded Ranjit and took him to Faridpur Zila School ground and put him under a plum tree, said Ranjit.

After a few minutes a car went there.

"Someone in the car in Urdu said, 'Don't shoot him. Hand him over to the Biharies and slit his throat in the morning'," said Ranjit.

He said he was then taken near a Bihari colony on Mollah Bari Road.

"Hanging me up side down from a kadama tree, they [Azad and others] beat me up for one hour and one of my teeth and a bone of my nose were broken," said Ranjit.

Later, they confined Ranjit to a house inside the Bahini colony and around midnight Ranjit escaped breaking through a window, he said.
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Bangladesh
Mojaheed involved in mass killing
2012-11-21
[Bangla Daily Star] Jamaat-e-Islami
...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed was involved in the mass killing committed in four Hindu-dominated villages in Faridpur during the Liberation War.

Sixth prosecution witness Abdul Malek Mia said this during his testimony in the crimes against humanity case against Mojaheed before the International Crimes Tribunal-2 yesterday.

He said Mighty Pak Army men along with armed Razakars, some Biharis (non Bangla speaking people), one Hammad Moulana and Mojaheed went to the villages in the middle part of the Bangla month Jaistha during the war.

"These people were involved in looting, arson and killings [committed in these villages]," said the 75-year-old former politician from Faridpur.

Malek said he visited the villages on the following day of the incident and heard about Mojaheed and others from survivors and victims.

On June 21, the tribunal indicted the Jamaat secretary general from Faridpur with seven charges of crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation War.

The three-member tribunal, headed by Justice ATM Fazle Kabir with members Justice Obaidul Hassan and Judge M Shahinur Islam, recorded Malek's testimony as well as his cross-examination before adjourning the case proceeding until November 27.
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Bangladesh
Razakar was launched with 96 Jamaat men
2012-10-31
[Bangla Daily Star] After two prosecution witnesses, an investigator of international crimes tribunal yesterday also said Jamaat-e-Islami
...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
leader AKM Yusuf formed the Razakar force, an auxiliary force of the Mighty Pak Army, during the Liberation War.

“Through investigation, I have found that the Razakar force was formed with 96 Jamaat activists at an Anser camp at Khan Jahan Ali Road of Khulna under the leadership of AKM Yusuf [in May 1971],” investigator Matiur Rahman told the International Crimes Tribunal-1.

During his daylong cross-examination yesterday, Matiur, the investigation officer of the crimes against humanity case against Jamaat's former chief Ghulam Azam, said he got the information from locals and newspaper reports published even after the war.

Earlier, eminent war crimes researcher Shahriar Kabir and journalist Mahbub Kamal, the first and third prosecution witness in the case against Jamaat leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, testified before Tribunal-2 that Yusuf formed the Razakar force.

According to the prosecution and historic documents, although the Razakar force started operation since May 1971, the then Pak government abolished the Ansar Bahini and turned it into “Razakar Bahini,” proclaiming the Razakar Ordinance on August 2 that year.

In collaboration with the Pak force, the Razakar force committed killings, genocide and other crimes against humanity during the nine-month-long war.

On September 26, the investigation agency of the international crimes tribunal said it was conducting investigation into the allegation of crimes against humanity against Yusuf, incumbent nayeb-e-ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami, and hoped to complete its probe by December.

The three-member tribunal led by its Chairman Justice Md Nizamul Huq yesterday recorded the cross-examination of Matiur before adjourning the case proceedings against Ghulam Azam until today.

Defence counsel Mizanul Islam cross-examined Matiur, the 16th prosecution witness in the case, for four and a quarter hours and asked questions mostly on the Razakar force and the Shanti Committee, another collaborator force of the Mighty Pak Army.

Mizanul asked, “Who was the chief of the Razakar Bahini before [the then Pakistain] government took control over the [Razakar] force?”

“I don't know but I have found that Razakar Bahini was formed with 96 Jamaat activists at an Ansar camp at Khan Jahan Ali Road of Khulna under the leadership of AKM Yusuf,” said Matiur.

“During investigation, I got the news from locals,” said Matiur.

“What type of evidence do you have about the formation of the Razakar Bahini?” asked Mizanul.

At this point, Prosecutor Zead Al Malum said formation and activities of the Razakar force, Shanti Committee and Al-Badr force, yet another collaborator force of the Mighty Pak Army, was an “admitted fact.”

“I have a lot of information about the formation of the Razakar Bahini,” replied Matiur later.

“Who had become the chief of the Razakar Bahini after the [then] government took control over the Bahini,” asked Mizanul.

“Mohammad Yunis, who was involved with Jamaat-e-Islami,” said Matiur.

Replying to other questions, Matiur said the Shanti Committee was formed on April 9, 1971, and it had a 140-member central committee.

“On which principle the Razakar force was formed?” asked Mizanul.

“The Shanti Committee was formed to annihilate 'myrmidons' [freedom fighters and pro-liberation people] terming the movement for the independence of Bangladesh a movement of myrmidons,” said Matiur.

"Genocide '71", details the accounts of the wartime killers and collaborators.

The book says that in order to make decisions promptly and implement that swiftly, a 21-member working committee was formed under the Central Shanti Committee and the name of Ghulam Azam, the then ameer of East Pakistain Jamaat-e-Islami, was number three in that committee.
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