Martyr\\\'s son accuses Hachen of massacre

A 1971 martyr's son blamed war crimes accused Syed Hachen Ali alias Hasan Wednesday, now on the run, for perpetrating the massacre that had taken place at Shimulhati village in Tarail of Kishoreganj during the Liberation War, on September 9, reports UNB.
Samendra Chandra Paul, now 58, made the accusation before the International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) while testifying as PW-2 against the fugitive accused, corroborating the evidence of PW-1 Renu C Paul.
Recalling the horrifying incident, PW Samendra said that after getting down from a boat, accused Hachen with trimmed beard, wearing khaki uniform and white cap on his head, had marched into the village brandishing his rifle with a group of Razakar.
Appearing at the village, PW Samendra said, the accused had started shouting, "Capture, capture the malauns (a derogatory term for Hindus) and kill them...kill them, none will be spared."
Hearing the shouts of the raiders, the villagers became scared and started running helter-skelter to save their lives, said the PW, adding, "I myself managed to take shelter in a bush beside our family pond from where I had witnessed the entire scene of massacre committed by accused Hachen and his cohorts."
Samendra said a dozen unarmed Hindu person, including his father Upendra C Paul, were shot dead after they were captured from different places at gun point.
The perpetrators had also plundered the houses in the village and later set fire to those before leaving the place by boat, said the PW.