Team collects war crime evidence in two districts
An investigation team of International Crimes Tribunal visited Joypurhat and Pabna districts yesterday and the day before and collected evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed at different places of the districts in 1971.
The team visited Karamja village in Santhia upazila of Pabna district on Wednesday and took statements of the witnesses to the massacre of eight members of Megha Thakur's family by the Pakistani occupation forces with the help of their local collaborators in 1971, reports our correspondent.
Team leader Md Abdur Razzak quoted witnesses as saying that the occupation troops with the help of peace committee chairman Khoda Bux lined up eight male members of Megha Thakur's family in front of their house in May 1971 and shot them dead. They also raped Megha's daughter Parbati.
A mass grave of the eight male members of Megha's family was discovered at his house in 2000 and Santhia police took eight skeletons into custody.
The investigation team collected the skeletons from the police station as evidence of the massacre of the eight. “We have taken statements of the witnesses to the massacre and some locals who held Khoda Bux responsible for killing eight members of Megha Thakur's family,” investigation team leader Razzak said.
The team, comprising ASP Monowara Begum, investigation officers ZM Altabur Rahman and SM Idris Ali, also visited Megha's house at Karamja village and recorded statements of the family members.
Our Dinajpur correspondent reported that the investigation team visited four places of Joypurhat district yesterday and collected evidence of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during Liberation War in 1991.
The team members visited Koroi-Kadipur massacre place in Joypurhat Sadar upazila, Joypurhat Govt College and Pagla-Dewan massacre place.
At least 10,000 people were killed at Pagla-Dewan by the local collaborators of Pakistani occupation forces during the Liberation war.
The team collected evidence and recorded statements of the witnesses to the massacre.
The team members later visited the erstwhile peace committee office in Joypurhat town.
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