Security beefed up at Nizami's birthplace Santhia
Tightened security measures have been taken in the district, especially Santhia upazila, birthplace of war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami.
“We have employed additional forces including police and Rapid Action Battalion in Santhia uapzila and sensitive areas of Pabna district headquarters,” said Md Alamgir Kabir, superintendent of police in Pabna.
Meanwhile, law enforcers arrested 63 people including 12 Jamaat-Shibir men from different areas of the district in connection with plot for violence in last 24 hours, said sources of the district police control room.
Born in Monmothpur village of Santhia upazila, Motiur Rahman Nizami, also the chief of Jamaat-e-Islami, instigated the Al-Badar, an auxiliary force of the Pakistan occupation army, to commit the crimes against humanity during 1971 Liberation War.
International Crimes Tribunal-1 on October 29 in 2014 handed Nizami death penalty on four charges of war crimes, including killing intellectuals.
On January 6 this year, the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence in three of the charges. The apex court rejected his review plea on May 5.
"Special security measure have been taken in Santhia upazila. We have set-up four check posts and arranged mobile teams of police in the upazila,” said Md Nasir Uddin, officer in charge of Santhia Police Station.
The law enforcers have taken special measures to provide security to the witnesses in Nizami's trial and local freedom fighters, he added.
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