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Published : 23 Nov 2014, 09:37 PM
A businessman from Brahmanbarhia, he is better known in his area as a collaborator of the Pakistan Army during the Liberation War, it is said in the formal charges.
Born in Akhaurha in1950, he is said to have studied up to eighth grade. In 1971, he was associated with the Jamaat-e-Islami, the party which actively opposed the freedom struggle.
After the War, Hossain became a Jamaat ‘Rokon’ at union parishad level.
The charges against him are as follows.
Charge 1
The killing of 33 unarmed civilians on the west bank of Ganga Sagar Dighi at Akhaurha’s Tanmandayl village on Aug 22, 1971.
Hossain and other Razakars raided the house of Haji Noor Box after assembling almost 132 villagers there around 2:00pm. They were then taken by boat to a Pakistani Army camp and tortured by Hossain and his associates who wanted information on freedom fighters.
Hossain selected 26 from Tanmandayl village and seven more from Jangail village. The 33 were then detained at Terojhuri Hazat Khana.
The next day they were taken to the bank of Ganga Sagar Dighi by Razakars and Pakistani soldiers. They were made to dig waist-deep ditches where they were buried after being shot dead.
Charge 2
Hossain and his associates captured a Hindu temple ‘Anandomoyee Kalibarhi’ and renamed it ‘Razakar Manzil’. The temple was looted and idols defaced. The Razakars then wounded and confined college student ‘Ashu Ranjan’ at the temple for four days after abducting him on Oct 24, 1971. Hossain shot him dead near Kurulia Khal on Oct 28 after the youth from Shimrayl chanted ‘Joy Bangla’ when the Razakars ordered him to say ‘Pakistan Zindabad’.
Charge 3
Abduction and murder of Abdul Khaleque of Satian Village at Brahmanbaria.
Khaleque was known for helping freedom fighters. He was abducted on Nov 11 and taken to the Razakar camp at Suhilpur Union, where he was physically tortured.
That night, he was shot dead by Hossain at Bakhail Ghat on the west bank of Titas River. Relatives buried him at the Kolamuri graveyard after recovering his body the next day.
Charge 4
Khadem Hossain Khan was confined and tortured at a Pakistani Army camp in Brahmanbaria College after being abducted on Nov 24 or 25 by Hossain and his cohorts from Station Road at Brahmanbaria Sadar. He was hung upside down and subjected to inhuman torture before being sent to Brahmanbaria jail.
Charge 5
Abdul Malek of Kharompur Village and Md Siraj of Amirpara were abducted from their houses by Hossain and other Razakars around 11pm on Nov 28 or 29, 1971. They were taken to the army camp at Brahmanbaria College and tortured before being sent to the local jail.
Hossain then took out Md Siraj and a few others from the jail on Dec 6 and shot them dead at Kurail Khal.
