War Crimes in '71

Punishment of Jamaat leaders demanded

12 July 2010, 18:00 PM

Staff Correspondent

Bangladesh Islamic Revolutionary Movement (BIRM) yesterday demanded exemplary punishment of Jamaat leaders for their involvement in war crimes during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971. The demand came when BIRM Founding Chairman Shamsul Haque Jehadi was addressing a press conference at Bangladesh Crime Reporters' Association. Shamsul termed Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami an agent of anti-islamic group. He said Jamaat leaders should go punished because they had committed hateful crimes against humanity during the Liberation War. BIRM chairman said he was preparing to lodge a case with a Comilla court against the collaborators who help the then Pakistani army kill 17 people of Atakra, Boskra, Tarashail and Komardoga village of the district. He urged the government to bring the Biharis to trial, who took part in killings during the 1971 war.