Maqsuda Banu, niece of martyred intellectual Gias Uddin Ahmed, talks to the journalists after ICT pronounced death sentence on Chowdhury Moinuddin and Ashrafuzzaman Khan in absentia. — New Age photo
As the International Crimes Tribunal-2 presiding Judge, Justice Obaidul Hassan, pronounced death sentence for Al-Badr bosses Chowdhury Mueen Uddin and Md Ashrafuzzaman Khan, for abduction and killing of intellectuals, the family members of victim intellectuals present in the courtroom began sobbing in joy and hugged each other.
The family members expressed their happiness at the verdict and demanded that Ashraf and Mueen be brought back to the country and execute the sentences awarded by the tribunal.
After the tribunal completed delivering the judgement and left the courtroom, the family members of three martyred intellectuals –Professor Gias Uddin Hossain, physician Alim Choudhury and journalist ANM Golam Mostafa – who sat at three different places in the courtroom, stood up – their eyes filled with tears of joy – and gathered at a place.
Gias’ sister Hamida Banu, a retired teacher of Chittagong University, hugged Alim’s widow, Shyamoli Nasrin Chowdhury, but they exchanged no words.
The sentiments of the family members of other martyred intellectuals were no different.
In her reaction, Gias Uddin Hossain’s sister Hamida Banu, a retired teacher of Chittagong University, said ‘This is what I expected.’
Eight Dhaka University teachers, including Gias Uddin, were abducted by the Al-Badr men led by Ashraf and Mueen from their DU campus residences on the morning of December 13, 1971 and were later killed.
‘Justice has been done after long 42 years. They [Ashraf and Mueen] should be brought back to the country before this government’s tenure ends and the sentence should be executed immediately,’ Hamida said.
She, along with her sister Farida Banu and brother Rashid Uddin Ahmed, a physician by profession, came to the tribunal to hear the judgement.
‘My brother [Gias] would be 80 now were he alive. Finally we have got justice. I will be waiting for execution of the sentence,’ said Farida Banu who moves with the help of a walking stick.
Martyred physician Alim Choudury’s wife Shyamoli Nasrin Choudhury said she was very happy hearing the judgement that also acknowledged the supreme sacrifice of the greatest sons of the soil.
‘I think the criminals [the condemned duo] are not absconding. The killers’ present addresses are mentioned in the judgement. They should be brought back through Interpol,’ she said.
Al-Badr men led by Mueen and Ashraf abducted Alim from his Purana Paltan residence in Dhaka on December 15, 1971 and killed him.
Martyred journalist ANM Golam Mustafa’s son Anirban Mustafa, who along with his wife and 10-year-old son came to the tribunal to hear the judgement, said that he had no memory with his father.
‘I have lost my father, but got Bangladesh. I hope Bangladesh will be a country of non-communal spirit,’ he said.
He expected immediate execution of the verdict by bringing the killers back to the country.
The condemned Al-Badr bosses Ashraf and Mueen, led Al-Badr Bahini men in abducting the then chief reporter of daily Purbadesh, Golam Mostafa, from his Gopibagh residence in Dhaka on December 11, 1971 and killing him. (source)
The family members expressed their happiness at the verdict and demanded that Ashraf and Mueen be brought back to the country and execute the sentences awarded by the tribunal.
After the tribunal completed delivering the judgement and left the courtroom, the family members of three martyred intellectuals –Professor Gias Uddin Hossain, physician Alim Choudhury and journalist ANM Golam Mostafa – who sat at three different places in the courtroom, stood up – their eyes filled with tears of joy – and gathered at a place.
Gias’ sister Hamida Banu, a retired teacher of Chittagong University, hugged Alim’s widow, Shyamoli Nasrin Chowdhury, but they exchanged no words.
The sentiments of the family members of other martyred intellectuals were no different.
In her reaction, Gias Uddin Hossain’s sister Hamida Banu, a retired teacher of Chittagong University, said ‘This is what I expected.’
Eight Dhaka University teachers, including Gias Uddin, were abducted by the Al-Badr men led by Ashraf and Mueen from their DU campus residences on the morning of December 13, 1971 and were later killed.
‘Justice has been done after long 42 years. They [Ashraf and Mueen] should be brought back to the country before this government’s tenure ends and the sentence should be executed immediately,’ Hamida said.
She, along with her sister Farida Banu and brother Rashid Uddin Ahmed, a physician by profession, came to the tribunal to hear the judgement.
‘My brother [Gias] would be 80 now were he alive. Finally we have got justice. I will be waiting for execution of the sentence,’ said Farida Banu who moves with the help of a walking stick.
Martyred physician Alim Choudury’s wife Shyamoli Nasrin Choudhury said she was very happy hearing the judgement that also acknowledged the supreme sacrifice of the greatest sons of the soil.
‘I think the criminals [the condemned duo] are not absconding. The killers’ present addresses are mentioned in the judgement. They should be brought back through Interpol,’ she said.
Al-Badr men led by Mueen and Ashraf abducted Alim from his Purana Paltan residence in Dhaka on December 15, 1971 and killed him.
Martyred journalist ANM Golam Mustafa’s son Anirban Mustafa, who along with his wife and 10-year-old son came to the tribunal to hear the judgement, said that he had no memory with his father.
‘I have lost my father, but got Bangladesh. I hope Bangladesh will be a country of non-communal spirit,’ he said.
He expected immediate execution of the verdict by bringing the killers back to the country.
The condemned Al-Badr bosses Ashraf and Mueen, led Al-Badr Bahini men in abducting the then chief reporter of daily Purbadesh, Golam Mostafa, from his Gopibagh residence in Dhaka on December 11, 1971 and killing him. (source)