Families of martyred intellectuals, FFs want quick trial of war criminals

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The families of martyred intellectuals and freedom fighters (FFs) want quick trial of war criminals for which they had been waiting for the last 39 years.
"As the investigation team of International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) is working, we feel that the nation remembers the atrocities and brutalities perpetrated on martyred intellectuals and FFs," said Shaheen Reza Noor, second son of martyred intellectual journalist Serajuddin Hossain.
He said to BSS Wednesday, "I remember what happened on the night of December 10, 1971. Eight to ten Badar activists arrived at our Shantinagar residence at 3.00 am and knocked the door harshly. I heard a known voice saying, 'Shaheen, open the door.' And I opened it."
"The masked men stormed into the house along with our landlord Shamsul Huda and his brother-in-law journalist Syed Mahmud.... they went into my father's room and took him away and then boarded a jeep within a minute. My father was wearing a blue coloured lungi and a white T-shirt," he added.
"We have talked about it much but now we want quick trial of the criminals," he said.
Shaheen said, "On December 18 Aminul Huq, a former attorney general, and a close friend of my father, came to our residence with tearful eyes and told us to go to Rayer Bazar. I along with my relatives rushed there and saw the bodies of intellectuals, mostly partially decomposed, in a ditch."
A feeling of relief was also visible among the family members of martyred FF Muhammad Salimullah as the trial of war criminals has started.
"Now the trial of war criminals has started ... every member of our family is eagerly waiting to see the collaborators are punished," said famous Tagore song singer Saadi Mohammad.
Saadi's father Md Salimullah who was an AL leader was hacked to death on March 26, 1971 by collaborators. "The incident is still a nightmare to me.... It is still vivid in my mind that a Pakistani soldier is stabbing a dagger in my father's back in front of my eyes," Saadi told BSS while recalling the most horrific experience of his life.