Moulana Azad sued on war crime charges
Tuesday, 21 April 2009
FARIDPUR, Apr 20 (UNB): A case was filed here Monday against Islamic thinker Moulana Abul Kalam Azad and one of his associate for allegedly killing three men during the War of Liberation in 1971.
Bhakta Ranjan Biswas, who hailed from Purra Namapara under Shalta Upazila, filed the case with the court of Magistrate Motahara Akhter Bhuiyan against Azad and his associate Mohammad Kazi.
Moulana Abul Kalam Azad, who hailed from Shaltha Upazila, is an Imam of a mosque in Dhaka city and TV personality on religious programmes.
After accepting the case, the court Monday asked the local thana to include the case in ezahar list.
In the case, it was alleged that Moulana Abul Kalam Azad along with his associate Mohammad Kazi shot dead the plaintiff's father Madhob Chandra Biswas, and his two neighbours - Montu Bakshi and Gyanuddin Biswas - at their houses in July, 1971.
Bhakta Ranjan Biswas, who hailed from Purra Namapara under Shalta Upazila, filed the case with the court of Magistrate Motahara Akhter Bhuiyan against Azad and his associate Mohammad Kazi.
Moulana Abul Kalam Azad, who hailed from Shaltha Upazila, is an Imam of a mosque in Dhaka city and TV personality on religious programmes.
After accepting the case, the court Monday asked the local thana to include the case in ezahar list.
In the case, it was alleged that Moulana Abul Kalam Azad along with his associate Mohammad Kazi shot dead the plaintiff's father Madhob Chandra Biswas, and his two neighbours - Montu Bakshi and Gyanuddin Biswas - at their houses in July, 1971.