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NATIONAL

A Correspondent, Jessore

Former lawmaker Moulana Sakhawat Hossain, arrested Sunday night on charge of a murder during the 1971 Liberation War, was taken to Jessore Chief Judicial Magistrate's Court yesterday.Photo: STAR

Police on Sunday night arrested former lawmaker Moulana Sakhawat Hossain, presidium member of Jatiya Party (Ershad) from his residence in Keshobpur upazila in connection with 1971 war crimes. He was produced in court yesterday. The court rejected both the bail and remand prayers and sent him to Jessore Central Jail. A team of DB police arrested Sakhawat following a case filed by one Sazzad Ali Mollah on June 21 accusing him of killing his father. According to the case, on November 24 in 1971, Sakhawat and his accomplices attacked the house of Khiddir Mollah of village Boruli under Keshobpur upazila. They shot Khiddir Mollah dead and set his house on fire.