23 'Rajakars' sued in Bagerhat, Jamalpur

Twenty-three alleged Rajakars (collaborators) have been sued for killings in Bagerhat and Jamalpur districts during the War of Liberation in 1971.

In Bagerhat, a case was filed against 14 collaborators on Thursday for killing a freedom fighter and his son in Kachua upazila.

Abu Jafar Mridha, son of slain freedom fighter Shafiz Uddin Mridha, filed the case with the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Abdus Salam Khan accusing 14 war criminals including Mohammad Shikder alias Nuro Shikder, 60, of Kakarbil village and Abdus Sattar, 58, of Palpara village under Kachua upazila.

The court directed the officer-in-charge of Kachua Police Station to record the case as ‘ejahar’ and also to take necessary legal actions after investigation.

The complainant in his case statement said the accused picked up his father Shafiz Uddin and brother Shahjahan Mridha on November 5, 1971 from Goalmath Bazaar area of the upazila.

The accused then shot them dead beside a canal at Fatehpur Bazaar in Sadar upazila.

In Jamalpur, a case was filed against nine alleged collaborators including a central leader of Jamaat-e-Islami for killing a man in 1971.

Journalist Azizur Rahman Dol, nephew of slain Nurul Amin Mallick, filed the case with court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Fazle Khuda Mohammad Nazir on Thursday against nine people including Jamaat central leader Prof Sharif Ahmed alias Sharif Hussain.

The other accused are Ashraf Hossain, the then regional commander (Mymensingh, Jamalpur) of Al Badar Bahini, Abdul Mannan, Abul Hashem, Abdul Bari, Harun, Harunur Rashid Mukta, Matiur Rahman Majnu and Shah Alam.

According to the case statement, the accused picked up Mallick from his C&B road residence at night on July 10, 1971 and shot him dead. The accused also left his body at Tamaltala area.

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