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Chhatra League blocks Pabna road to stop entry of hanged war criminal Nizami’s body
Bangladesh Chhatra League activists have blocked the entrance to Monmothpur village in Pabna’s Santhia to prevent the burial of hanged war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami in his family graveyard.
Published : 10 May 2016, 08:52 PM
Updated : 10 May 2016, 09:07 PM
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Around 60 BCL activists blocked the road, raising anti-war criminal slogans, around 1am on Wednesday.
Pabna BCL chief Ruhul Amin, who was among the demonstrators, said, “The soil of Pabna will become unholy if a notorious war criminal like Nizami is buried here.”
A police team has started for the place to persuade the agitators to lift the blockade, Santhia Police Station OC Nasir Uddin told bdnews24.com around 1:45am.
An ambulance carrying Nizami’s body after his execution started for Pabna around 1:30am.
The ambulance is being accompanied by another one and escorted by vehicles of security forces.
The family said preparations for the burial were being made at a place designated by the police within the family graveyard.
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