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| 10 sued for war crimes |
| 2009-04-28 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] A case was filed against 10 people on Sunday for arson attack during the Liberation War in 1971. Nuru Mia, son of late Abdul Mannaf of town's Harua area, filed the case with a Judicial Magistrate's Court. Karam Ali, 60, of Harua and nine other unidentified people were sued in the case. The court directed the officer-in-charge of Tarail thana to accept the case as FIR. In the case statement, it was alleged that 8-10 people, led by Karam Ali, raided the Sachail village residence of Mahtab Uddin in Tarail upazila and set ablaze the house on September 17, 1971 after failing to get the house owner. The attack was carried out as the house was being used to provide shelter to the freedom fighters during the Liberation War. The plaintiff also brought charges against the accused of killing some people, including Zemindar Bhupendranath Chakrabarty of Hossainpur upazila. |
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