Witness testifies against Razakar Forkan in ICT-2

A new prosecution witness (PW) testified on Wednesday in the trial of Forkan Mallik, alleged Razakar commander from Mirzaganj upazilla of Patuakhali, narrating the gruesome crimes that Mallik committed during the War of Liberation, reports BSS.

Rakhal Chandra Bhakto (60), from village Kakrabunia under Mirzaganj thana, testified as PW-9 at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2.

"Razakars including Mallik and Akbar Gazi led Pakistani troops to our village on 5 Bhadra (Bengali month) in 1971. They looted 13 to 14 Hindu houses and set fire to those. After their departure, we came out and went to Kakrabunia Bazar. On our way, we saw bodies of our neighbours Elem Uddin, Sonot Kumar and Hatem Ali and came to know that Mallik shot them dead," he said.