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| Evidence enough to arrest G Azam | |
| 2011-01-30 | |
[Bangla Daily Star] Former Jamaat ameer Ghulam Azam will be jugged on charge of committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War, 1971, an investigator said yesterday.
Hannan, however, did not mention any timeframe for the arrest. He was talking to The Daily Star after a meeting with war crimes prosecutors and leaders of a forum called Antorjatik Aporadh Tribunal Dhaka Sohayak Mancha (platform for supporting the tribunal). Shahriar Kabir, convener of the forum, who was present at the meeting, told the media that statements of Ghulam Azam published in the daily Sangram in 1971, are enough to try and punish Ghulam Azam for crimes against humanity. During the war, Azam in an issue of the Sangram, a Jamaat mouthpiece, said, "Pakistain is the house of Islam for the world Mohammedans. Therefore, Jamaat activists don't justify living if Pakistain is disintegrated." He also expressed concern over not arresting Ghulam Azam, who has become the country's anti-liberation and fundamentalist symbol-figure. Ghulam Azam met Tikka Khan, the Pak general known as butcher of Beluchistan and architect of the March 25, 1971 genocide, 10 days after the War of Independence started. Directly opposing the birth of the nation, Azam led the formation of Shanti Bahini to thwart Mukti Bahini fighting for the country's independence. Ghulam Azam apparently has distanced himself from party politics since 2001. Shahriar Kabir also observed war crimes trial would not be completed even in next three years if sufficient manpower and logistics are not provided to prosecutors and Sherlocks. He also said "There is also a lack of coordination among the probe body, prosecutors and the government," he said. Echoing Kabir's remarks, Chief Prosecutor Ghulam Arieff Tipoo said if the prosecutors and Sherlocks are not given enough support, the work will proceed slowly. The meeting was held at Bailey Road residence of Tipoo in the city yesterday. Some other leaders of the forum, Justice Mohammad Ghulam Rabbani, Justice Syed Amirul Islam, Prof Muntasir Mamun and barrister Tureen Afroz, among others, were present at the meeting. | |
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