Witness 'met Siru Mian in jail'

Artiste Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul testifies as 14th prosecution witness against Jamaat guru Ghulam Azam. More to follow

Dhaka, Oct 4 (bdnews24.com) — Musician and lyricist Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul corroborated the presence of Siru Miah, his son and several others at Brahmanbaria Jail during the Liberation War, at the first war crimes tribunal on Thursday.

The three-judge International Crimes Tribunal – 1, set up to try crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War, indicted Jamaat-e-Islami guru Ghulam Azam for the murder of 38 including SI Siru Miah and his son Anwar Kamal.

Ghulam Azam's other charges include incitement, complicity and conspiracy of war crimes.

Appearing as the 14th prosecution witness against the former Jamaat chief, Bulbul described his time at the Brahmanbaria town jail in 1971. He told the court of the discussions he had with Siru Miah, his son and others on the evening of their execution.

The Pakistani Army took 39 people out of the jail on the day of Eid-ul-Fitr for execution. Bulbul said that led to the execution.

Ghulam Azam, as the leader of Jamaat and allegedly playing a pivotal in setting up the Razakars, has been charged with the murder of 38 people as he could have supposedly prevented that from happening by dint of his standing and office in 1971.

He said that later in 2008, Siru Miah's wife contacted him over phone after hearing him recount the events of that evening on television.

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