Bangladesh News

Police have started investigation into the murder case filed against Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami, Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and eight others for the massacre of 345 people during the Liberation War.

Investigation Officer (IO) of the case Sub-inspector (SI) Hamidur Rahman of Pallabi Police Station said that he had already talked with a good number of locals who had confirmed that there were three mass graves in the area as mentioned by the complainant in the case.

Although three one-storey buildings have been constructed on those mass graves, the IO said that he would collect evidence from the graves at Alokdi and at the western side of Botanical Garden in Pallabi.

The IO said that he had talked with several accused in the case as well, but refused to disclose the names for the sake of investigation.

Mohammad Amir Hossain Mollah, a freedom fighter and resident of Pallabi’s Duaripara, filed the case with the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court, Dhaka on January 24 against Nizami, Mojaheed, five of their party men and three non-Bangalees for the massacre during the Liberation War in 1971.

A day later, Pallabi police registered a case following the court order. The court also asked the police to submit a report in this connection after investigation.