A businessman from Brahmanbarhia, he is better known in his area as a
collaborator of the Pakistan Army during the Liberation War, it is said
in the formal charges.Born in Akhaurha in1950, he is said to
have studied up to eighth grade. In 1971, he was associated with the
Jamaat-e-Islami, the party which actively opposed the freedom struggle.After the War, Hossain became a Jamaat ‘Rokon’ at union parishad level.The charges against him are as follows.
Charge 1The killing of 33 unarmed civilians on the west bank of Ganga Sagar Dighi at Akhaurha’s Tanmandayl village on Aug 22, 1971.Hossain
and other Razakars raided the house of Haji Noor Box after assembling
almost 132 villagers there around 2:00pm. They were then taken by boat
to a Pakistani Army camp and tortured by Hossain and his associates who
wanted information on freedom fighters.
Hossain selected 26 from
Tanmandayl village and seven more from Jangail village. The 33 were then
detained at Terojhuri Hazat Khana.The next day they were taken to
the bank of Ganga Sagar Dighi by Razakars and Pakistani soldiers. They
were made to dig waist-deep ditches where they were buried after being
shot dead.
Charge 2Hossain and his
associates captured a Hindu temple ‘Anandomoyee Kalibarhi’ and renamed
it ‘Razakar Manzil’. The temple was looted and idols defaced. The
Razakars then wounded and confined college student ‘Ashu Ranjan’ at the
temple for four days after abducting him on Oct 24, 1971. Hossain shot
him dead near Kurulia Khal on Oct 28 after the youth from Shimrayl
chanted ‘Joy Bangla’ when the Razakars ordered him to say ‘Pakistan
Zindabad’.
Charge 3Abduction and murder of Abdul Khaleque of Satian Village at
Brahmanbaria.Khaleque was known for helping freedom fighters. He was
abducted on Nov 11 and taken to the Razakar camp at Suhilpur Union, where he was
physically tortured.That night, he was shot dead by Hossain at Bakhail
Ghat on the west bank of Titas River. Relatives buried him at the Kolamuri
graveyard after recovering his body the next day.
Charge
4Khadem Hossain Khan was confined and tortured at a Pakistani Army camp
in Brahmanbaria College after being abducted on Nov 24 or 25 by Hossain and his
cohorts from Station Road at Brahmanbaria Sadar. He was hung upside down and
subjected to inhuman torture before being sent to Brahmanbaria
jail.
Charge 5Abdul Malek of Kharompur Village and Md Siraj of
Amirpara were abducted from their houses by Hossain and other Razakars around
11pm on Nov 28 or 29, 1971. They were taken to the army camp at Brahmanbaria
College and tortured before being sent to the local jail.Hossain then
took out Md Siraj and a few others from the jail on Dec 6 and shot them dead at
Kurail Khal.
Quazi Shahreen Haq,
bdnews24.com
Published: 2014-11-23 22:37:11.0 BdST
Updated: 2014-11-23 22:59:18.0 BdST
