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Published : 01 Oct 2013, 03:58 PM
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 pronounced the verdict against BNP MP on Tuesday.
The locals hailed the judgment saying it has cleansed the guilt of Raozan, the native place of anti-British hero Surya Sen.
The local Awami League took out a procession in the area after the verdict.
Police was on high alert in the area from Monday.
People of Kundeshwari Oishadhaloy, Jagatmallpara and Unshattarpara—witness of the 1971 genocide—were tight-lipped until Tuesday morning.
However, people of Raozan have hailed the verdict.
Md Ismail, a freedom fighter went to Unshattarpara in June 1971 with his fellow fighters on hearing of the genocide.
“It was a terrible scene. A horrible genocide,” said Ismail, who hails from Kadalpur of Raozan.
He added that a lot of Hindu families as well as families of freedom fighters had to leave the area after 1975 fearing SQ Chowdhury’s atrocities.
“Salauddin Quader’s role in 1971 is a shame for Raozan-residents. He was an extreme Hindu-hater,” freedom fighter Shafiqul Anwar of Raozan’s Mohammadpur area told bdnews24.com.
Raozan’s pride of being the native place of the anti-British hero Surya Sen has so far been somewhat overshadowed by the deeds of Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, said Shafiqul Islam, president of Awami League’s Raozan unit.
“Saluddin Qauder is a racist. He did not spare anyone in Raozan who opposed him. Family members of those who were killed by him will now get peace,” said Kiron Laal Acharya, a freedom fighter from Raozan’s Kadalpur area.
Locals fear that SQ Chowdhury’s family will unleash a reign of terror in Raozan once again if the death penalty is not implemented.
