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Thursday, May 9, 2013

[chottala.com] Kamaruzzaman verdict: Death sentence



Kamaruzzaman verdict: Death sentence executed(Updated)

Dhaka, May 9(Priyo.com): The verdict of Jamaat-e-Islami Assistant secretary general Muhammad Kamaruzzaman is set to be pronounced soon by the International Crimes Tribunal-2 Thursday, for crimes against humanity in 1971.

Earlier in the morning, Kamaruzzaman was taken to the International Crimes Tribunal from Central Jail to declare judgement.

Latest update: 
11:15 am-International Crimes Tribunal-2 started reading out the 215 page summary of the judgement Thursday. The three-member panel of International Crimes Tribunal-2 is set to pronounce its judgement soon.

1:30 pm- The Tribunal has proved five out of the seven charges against Kamaruzzaman, including genocide.

1:57pm- The International Crimes Tribunal-2 announced death sentence against Kamaruzzaman over two charges that have been proved few moments earlier.

Click: Kamaruzzaman Verdict - The International Crimes Tribunal-2 (Full)

Charges that announced death sentence:

o On August 23, 1971, on Kamaruzzaman's instruction, collaborators took Golam Mostafa, son of late Asir Uddin of village Gridda Narayanpur in Sherpur, to an Al-Badr camp. The Jamaat leader and his accomplices brought Mostafa and one Abul Kasem to Serih Bridge and gunned them down. Kasem survived as he jumped into the river but suffered injuries in his fingers. Mostafa died on the spot.

o In the early morning of July 25, 1971, Kamaruzzaman advised members of Al-Badr and Razakar (another auxiliary force) to commit a large scale massacre, in association with Pakistani troops, in Sohagpur village of Nalitabari upazila, Sherpur. The collaborators murdered 164 unarmed civilians, 44 of whom are named, and raped women.

A firm security arrangements has been made at the tribunal premises, Ramna zone police Assistant Commissioner (patrol) Imanul Islam told the media.

According to media, a microbus carrying the Jamaat leader left for the tribunal at 9:28am, Chakbazar Police Station Officer in-Charge Azizul Haque told.

Earlier on Wednesday, the Jamaat leader was brought to Dhaka Central Jail from Kashimpur.

Kamaruzzaman has been charged with seven accounts of crimes against humanity during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.

The prosecution accused Kamaruzzaman, who then was the head of the Mymensingh unit of Jamaat's student affiliate Islami Chhatra Shangha, of setting up the Al Badr collaborator force with handpicked activists in Jamalpur on April 22. The force was accused of involvement in genocide, killing, rape, looting, arson, and deportation of people in the greater Mymensingh district including Jamalpur, Netrokona, Kishoreganj, Sherpur and Tangail, the prosecution said.

ICT-2 started hearing Kamaruzzaman's case on June 4 last year. ICT-2 is led by Justice Obaidul Hassan.

Charges against Kamaruzzaman

  • On June 29, 1971, under the leadership of Kamaruzzaman, a group of Al Badr members abducted Badiuzzaman, son of M Fazlul Haque, in Ramnagar village under Jhenaigati upazila of Sherpur district.

    Fazlul Haque was tortured at Ahamed Nagar army camp all night long and shot to death the following day. His body was dumped in a water body.

  • In the early morning of July 25, 1971, Kamaruzzaman advised members of Al-Badr and Razakar (another auxiliary force) to commit a large scale massacre, in association with Pakistani troops, in Sohagpur village of Nalitabari upazila, Sherpur.

    The collaborators murdered 164 unarmed civilians, 44 of whom are named, and raped women.

  • On August 23, 1971, on Kamaruzzaman's instruction, collaborators took Golam Mostafa, son of late Asir Uddin of village Gridda Narayanpur in Sherpur, to an Al-Badr camp.

    The Jamaat leader and his accomplices brought Mostafa and one Abul Kasem to Serih Bridge and gunned them down. Kasem survived as he jumped into the river but suffered injuries in his fingers. Mostafa died on the spot.

  • In mid-Ramadan in 1971, Kamaruzzaman and his followers picked up Liakat Ali and Mujibur Rahman Janu from their houses and brought them to a Razakar camp at Raghunathpur Bazar where they were tortured. Afterwards, the duo was kept detained for four days at a police station.

    On Kamaruzzaman's order, the two along with 11 other civilians were shifted to Jhenaigati Ahamed Nagar camp. Afterwards, eight of them were shot to death. At the time, the accused and his aide Kamran were present.

  • In November 1971, under the instruction of Kamaruzzaman, some members of Al-Badr abducted Tunu and one Jahangir from Golki Bari and took them to the District Council Dak Banglow in Mymensingh.

    Tunu was tortured to death. Jahangir was detained but freed later on.

  • On Ramadan 27, one Tepa Mia and his elder son Zahurul Islam Dara were abducted by Kamaruzzaman, who was accompanied by 15-20 armed Al-Badr members from Golapjan Road, Mymensingh. They were taken to the Al-Badr camp at District Council Dak Bungalow.

    The next morning, along with five others, the father and son were lined up on the bank of river Brahmaputra. Tepa Mia, when he was about to be charged with a bayonet, jumped into the river. As the collaborators fired at him, he received injuries in the leg but managed to escape. But the remaining six got killed.

  • THE TRIAL

    Kamaruzzaman was arrested in a criminal case on July 13, 2010, and shown arrested on war crimes charges on August 2 the same year.

    The prosecution pressed formal charges against him incorporating nine counts of crimes against humanity on January 15, 2012, and Tribunal-1 took the charges into cognisance on January 31. The case was transferred to Tribunal-2 on April 16, 2012.

    On June 4, 2012, the tribunal indicted Kamaruzzaman on seven charges of crimes against humanity, including murder and torture of unarmed civilians and complicity in other crimes during the nine-month-long war.

    The indictment order, in a brief profile of the accused, said Kamaruzzaman, as the president of Islami Chhatra Sangha of greater Mymensingh in 1971, had played the role of a key organiser in the formation of the Al-Badr force.

    Under the leadership of Kamaruzzaman, all members of Chhatra Sangha of greater Mymensingh were absorbed into Al-Badr within a month. They, after receiving summary training, launched atrocities targeting the Hindus and unarmed Bangalee civilians in greater Mymensingh, the order said.

    As many as 18 prosecution witnesses, including the investigation officer of the case, testified against the accused, while five people, including Kamaruzzaman's son and brother, testified in favour of the accused between July 15, 2012 and March 24, 2013.

    The prosecution and the defence held closing arguments from March 24 until April 16.

    The two tribunals dealing with the war crimes cases have already delivered verdicts in three cases. Jamaat Nayeb-e-Ameer Delawar Hossain Sayedee and expelled Jamaat member Abul Kalam Azad were sentenced to death while Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah received life imprisonment.

    The verdict delivery in the war crimes case against former Jamaat chief Ghulam Azam is pending with Tribunal-1.

    ICT-2 verdict's on the war crimes case against Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah declared 


    Kamaruzzaman verdict's reactions


    ফাঁসির রায়ে গণজাগরণ মঞ্চে উল্লাস, আনন্দ মিছিল


    মোরশেদ সরকার ও মাহমুদুল হাসান
    বাংলানিউজটোয়েন্টিফোর.কম


    মানবতাবিরোধী অপরাধ

    কামারুজ্জামানের ফাঁসির আদেশ (ভিডিও)

    নিজস্ব প্রতিবেদক | তারিখ: ০৯-০৫-২০১৩

    http://prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2013-05-09/news/350909

    কামারুজ্জামানের রায়ের কপি পেলে বিএনপি প্রতিক্রিয়া জানাবে

    http://prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2013-05-09/news/350951

    বিশিষ্ট ব্যক্তিদের প্রতিক্রিয়া

    কামারুজ্জামানের বাড়ি শেরপুরেও উল্লাস

    কামারুজ্জামানের জেলায় আনন্দ মিছিল, মিষ্টি বিতরণ

    যে কারণে কামারুজ্জামানের ফাঁসি


    একাত্তরে যুদ্ধাপরাধের মামলায় জামায়াত নেতা সহকারী সেক্রেটারি জেনারেল মোহাম্মদ কামারুজ্জামানের বিরুদ্ধে হত্যা, গণহত্যা ও নির্যাতনের পাঁচটি অভিযোগ প্রমাণিত হয়েছে, যার মধ্যে দুটি অভিযোগে তাকে মৃত্যুদণ্ড দিয়েছে আদালত।

    http://bangla.bdnews24.com/bangladesh/article623426.bdnews

    রং জাজমেন্ট: কামারুজ্জামান

    নিজস্ব প্রতিবেদক | তারিখ: ০৯-০৫-২০১৩

    http://prothom-alo.com/detail/date/2013-05-09/news/350931


    মন্তব্য

    Sarwar

    Sarwar

    ২০১৩.০৫.০৯ ১৫:০৯
    কামারুজ্জামা্ন আপনি ঠিক বলেছেন , ইতিহাস ক্ষমা করবে না। ইতিহাস ক্ষমা করবেনা বলেত আপনি আজ ফাঁসির আদেশ প্রাপ্ত।

    ২০১৩.০৫.০৯ ১৬:৩৬
    ১০০% খাটি কথা। ইতিহাস কাঊকে ক্ষমা করেনা। আগামীতে ও ক্ষমা করবেনা।

    Munadil Fahad

    Munadil Fahad

    ২০১৩.০৫.০৯ ১৬:৪৬
    ইতিহাসের শিক্ষা
    ১. মানুষ ইতিহাস থেকে শিক্ষা নেয় না।
    ২. অপরাধী কখনো তার অপরাধ স্বীকার করে না।
    ৩. নিজের বিপক্ষে গেলে সবই অন্যায় মনে হয়।
    আমার আপনার জন্য খারাপ লাগছে, কিন্তু আপনারা গোটা মানবজাতি হত্যার দোষে দুষ্ট। কারণ কোরআন বলে, যখন কোন ব্যক্তি কাউকে অকারণে হত্যা করল তিনি যেন গোটা মানবজাতিকেই হত্যা করল। খোদার কাছে ক্ষমা প্রার্থনা করুন।

    Md. Sohrab Hossan

    Md. Sohrab Hossan

    ২০১৩.০৫.০৯ ১৬:৪৮
    'রং জাজমেন্ট! রং জাজমেন্ট! ইতিহাস ক্ষমা করবে না : কামারুজ্জামান'
    ইতিহাস ক্ষমা করে না বলেইতো আপনি কর্মফল পেয়েছেন। সাত বছর আগে কামারুজ্জামান এর পোলা ওয়ালী বলেছিলো, ট্রাইব্যুনাল বানাইয়া পারলে কামারুজ্জামানের ফাঁসি দিয়েন। এখন কি বলবেন ?


































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