Wife, son visit Ghulam Azam

The wife and a son of Ghulam Azam, who is facing charges of war crimes, visited him at his prison cell at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in the city yesterday.
Wife Syeda Afifa Azam and son former Brig Gen Abdullahil Aman Azmi met the former Jamaat-e-Islami ameer at 4:15pm, said BSMMU Director Brig Gen Abdul Majid Bhuiyan.
“With permission from the Dhaka Central Jail authorities, the detained leader met his family members in the presence of the jail and hospital officials”, he said.
Talking to The Daily Star, Azmi alleged that the authorities did not allow his cousin for the visit as he holds a British Passport.
“My cousin Dr Maniruzzaman, 45, who is a British citizen and now a university teacher in Malaysia, came to Bangladesh after 34 years to meet my father, but the jail authorities did not allow him despite repeated request,” said Azmi.
An official source of Dhaka Central Jail said they were not aware of Maniruzzaman's details and so they did not allow him to visit Ghulam Azam.
“If they further come to us, we will consider it after verification”, the source added.
International Crimes Tribunal on January 11 sent Ghulam Azam to jail in connection with committing crimes against humanity during the War of Liberation in 1971.
He was later shifted to the BSMMU prison cell for his ailing condition.