Detectives nab five war crimes suspects in Pirojpur

PIROJPUR, May 21 (UNB): Detectives arrested five people from Hetalia village in Bhandaria upazila of the district early Monday for the atrocities they allegedly committed during the Liberation War in 1971.

The arrestees are Fazlul Haque Hawlader (75), Abdul Mannan Hawlader (74), Azhar Ali Hawlader alias Aju Munsi (88), Ashraf Ali Hawlader (67) and Moharaj Hawlader alias Hat Kata Moharaj (68), all residents of the village.

Bijoy Krishna Bala filed a case against the five war crimes suspects with Senior Judicial Magistrate Court of Pirojpur on October 6 in 2015

Later, the case was sent to International Crimes Tribunal.

After conducting primary inquiry, the prosecution found evidences of their involvement in war crimes.

Later, a team of the Detective Branch of Police along with the officials of ICT arrested them from the village, said Abul Kalam Azad, additional superintendent of Pirojpur police.