Here is few poignant storied posted by one reader named Mr. Shabbir Ahmed
Source:
Re: [vinnomot] Mr. SA Hannan's Ulterior Motives behind "We should condemn all killers"
Thank you Mr. Aslam for your adequate reply and analysis on Mr. S. A. Hannan's ulterior motive. Now that many years have elapsed since our independence in 1971, the supporters of Jamaati killers and Razakars think that they can twist the facts and can help the criminals to get away with the war crimes. Keeping these in their minds, they are making an all-out effort to confuse and diffuse the occurrences of inhuman acts perpetuated by the Islamic fundamentalist parties namely, Jamaat-I-Islami and Muslim League in 1971.
I was a ninth grader in 1971. I still remember the heinous acts committed by the evil forces of the Razakars and their Pakistani military masters in a small town under Sylhet district. There are many events of killings and torture that took place in and around Maulvibazar (at that time a sub-division under Sylhet district), where we used to live in 1971. I am mentioning just one of the events.
In one of the villages close to the small town Maulvibazar, a gentleman (a Muslim and most probably an "Al-Haj") had a Hindu neighbor. They were very friendly neighbors as we heard at that time. While the Hindu family were leaving for India to save their lives, they left some of their valuable statues and ornaments (made of gold) to their Muslim neighbor with an understanding that they would get these back if they could return from India someday. The Muslim neighbor kept the valuables somewhere in the subsurface of his backyard by digging a hole. Unfortunately, this was leaked out and the Razakars took the matter into their hands. The joint forces of Razakars and the Pakistani military raided the house and found the ornaments and golden statues. This was considered a crime by Pakistani military, Razakars, and the collaborators. The joint forces arrested the old gentleman and his sons (most probably two sons as far as I remember).
One of the leading Pakistani collaborators in Maulvibazar was "Mr. Inamullah." It was well-known that under his leadership and enthusiasm, the arrestees were decided to be killed in public for helping a Hindu family, who, according to them were the enemies of Pakistan and Islam. Accordingly, the announcement was made. The gentleman and his sons were handcuffed and were placed on the middle of a bridge across the Manu River (close to the town). A few minutes before the execution, the officer-in-charge (OC) of the police station announced and warned everyone present on the consequence for helping the enemies of Pakistan and Islam. The OC was forced to make this announcement because after finishing his short speech, he collapsed there while holding the microphone in his hand but Mr. Inamullah was very enthusiastic and gave a lengthy speech to warn everyone in Maulvibazar if they dared to help any Hindu family. Finally, the Pakistani army fired shots to the old gentleman and his sons from the banks of the river. After killing them, a couple or so Pakistani army kicked the dead bodies from the top of the bridge to the Manu River.
The whole incidence was described by a person, who was present to observe the heinous acts. He went there to see how low (in terms of cruelty, heinousness, and inhumanity) the collaborators and their Pakistani masters could go. After independence in December 1971, Inamullah was caught by the freedom fighters probably in February 1972. They decided to kill him the way he organized to kill an innocent gentleman and his sons in public. While I was standing outside our house, I heard the announcement on the day and time for the public execution of Inamullah. I must admit that I felt very happy after hearing the announcement. The sufferings of those innocent people were in my mind and I thought that Inamullah should get the equal cruel treatment.
At that time, the government under Awami League was not fully established and not fully functional just after independence. In fact, the government high-ups were trying to calm down the situation and bring the war criminals under the rule of law. In the case of Razakar Inamullah, the government interfered and they stopped his execution in public. Inamullah was later sent to jail and his execution in public was cancelled. The anger of the public on Inamullah was so much that many people did not like the cancellation of his execution in public by the government. After many years, while I used to think about this, I realized that the government did the right thing by protecting these people from the wreath and anger of the public, who suffered under their repression. Otherwise, there would have been more anarchy and lawlessness in the country. Proper efforts were taken by the government to arrest the Razakars and collaborators to punish them legally for the crimes they committed against humanity.
I have mentioned the above heinous acts of a notorious collaborator and Razakar and the reaction of the freedom fighters/public after independence just to draw the attention of Mr. S. A. Hannan. He should understand the war crimes committed by the evil forces of Jamaat-I-Islami and their allies. He should also understand the reaction not only of the freedom fighters but also of the public in general against the war criminals after our independence. I hope Mr. Hannan (as a conscious individual) will take side against the war criminals and he will stop creating confusion by writing against those who took arms to resist the Jamaati and other war criminals and help save the helpless people of Bangladesh in 1971.
Shabbir Ahmed
PS:
I apologize to Mr. Shabbir Ahmed to re-post this without his prior permission
[* Moderator's Note - CHOTTALA is a non-profit, non-religious, non-political and non-discriminatory organization.
* Disclaimer: Any posting to the CHOTTALA are the opinion of the author. Authors of the messages to the CHOTTALA are responsible for the accuracy of their information and the conformance of their material with applicable copyright and other laws. Many people will read your post, and it will be archived for a very long time. The act of posting to the CHOTTALA indicates the subscriber's agreement to accept the adjudications of the moderator]
Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional
Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required)
Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured
Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe
Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required)
Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured
Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe
__,_._,___
