Crime against humanity: Evidence found against three Feni men

The investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) today claimed to have found evidence against three persons in Feni including a former chairman of a private bank over their alleged involvement in crimes committed during the Liberation War in 1971.

The accused are Tofazzal Hossain alias Tazu, 67, Abu Yusuf, 71, and Nur Mohammad (73). Of them, Nur Mohammad was arrested on May 20 and he is now in jail while the rest two are on the run.

They were allegedly involved in Razakar Bahini, an auxiliary force of Pakistani army, and committed crimes including killing, abduction, torture, confinement, looting and arson in the area of Feni Sadar Upazila in 1971.

Agency’s coordinator Abdul Hannan Khan and co-coordinator Sanaul Huq revealed the information at a press conference at its Dhanmondi office in the capital.

Tafazzal was involved with Islami Chhatra Sangha, the then student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami and got involved with Razakar Bahini during the war of liberation, Sanaul said.

After the war, he got involved with BNP politics and was made chairman and director of the NCC Bank, he said.

Later, Tafazzal fled the country after the investigation into the case started in January 2017 and he is believed to be in USA now, Sanaul said.

Yusuf and Nur were involved with Jamaat and later joined Razakar Bahini in 1971. They continued his affiliation with Jamaat even after the war, Sanaul said.

Nur left Feni after the war fearing reprisal attack and settled in Nilphamari, he said.

The agency will hand over the probe report and other documents to the Chief Prosecutor Office on June 3, Aminur Rashid, the investigation officer of the case, said.