Election 2008

Jamaat bid to stop function seeking war criminals' trial

28 December 2008, 18:00 PM

Our Correspondent, Gaibandha

Gaibandha Nagoril Samanj and Sammilito Sangskritik Jote jointly held a cultural programme and brought out a procession at Domerhat in Sunderganj Upazila (Gaibandha-1 constituency) Saturday evening, calling upon the people to boycott war criminals and anti-liberation forces through ballot. Jamaat-e-Islami leader and former lawmaker Mowlana Abdul Aziz is contesting the election this time also from the area, known as a stronghold of Jamaat. As the cultural pogramme was on, a group of Jamaat-Shibir activists came to the venue and tried to stop it forcibly. Amid exchange of words, local people gathered there and the Jamaat men fled away, sources said. Speakers at the cultural programme said Abdul Aziz is a war criminal and demanded his trial. The speakers included cultural activists Jaharul Kaiyum, Jaharul Islam Shwapan, Shah Newas Tuku and civil society members Shawkat Ali, Fauk Shier Chinu, Alamgir Kabir Badal, Al-Amin and Aminul Islam Khokan. The BNP-led four-party alliance has nominated Jamaat leaders in three out of four constituencies in Gaibandha district.