ber 12, 2013. Both were the assistant secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami. A team of six hangmen led by Raju carried out the execution in presence of Dhaka Deputy Commissioner Tofazzal Hossain Mia, IG (Prisons) Brig Gen Syed Iftekhar Uddin, Civil Surgeon Dr Abdul Malek Mridha, additional district magistrate Shahidul Islam, Senior Jail Super Farman Ali, Central Jail Mosque Imam Monir Hossain and 12 armed prison guards, according to jail sources. At 10:17pm, officials concerned escorted Kamaruzzaman to the gallows from the office of the jail super. Before taking him for execution, he was given a bath and ablution. Kamaruzzaman was handed over to the hangman at around 10:25pm At 11:45 pm, an ambulance carrying the body of Kamaruzzaman left the jail for his village home under the police escort. Kamaruzzaman was due to be buried at his village home at Sadar upazila of Sherpur district. Earlier in the afternoon, 21 members of Kamaruzzaman’s family, including his wife Nurun Nahar, two sons Hasan Ikbal and Hasan Imam, daughter Atia Noor and niece Rukhsana Zerin met him in the jail. They came to the jail in a microbus and a jeep. Kamaruzzaman’s wife burst into tears while meeting her husband at condemned cell no-8. At that time, Kamaruzzaman consoled his wife. Quoting Kamaruzzaman, his elder son Hasan Ikbal said seeking presidential mercy was out of the question. “President is nobody to grant mercy. It is Almighty Allah who can only grant mercy.” While leaving the jail area, they showed the V-sign. Hasan Ikbal said his father wished that his Namaz-e-Janaza and burial be held at his village home in Sherpur. He also expressed his wish that party colleagues attend his Janaza. Quoting Kamaruzzaman, his elder brother Kafiluddin said that he did not commit any war crimes in 1971 rather he had been involved in Islamic movement. At 2:41pm, two officials of the home ministry went to Dhaka Central Jail carrying the execution order. The content of the order was read out to Kamaruzzaman. Ahead of the execution of Kamaruzzaman, security in and around Dhaka Central Jail was beefed up. As part of the security measures, various roads leading to the jail were made off-limits to commuter. On May 9, 2013, the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 found Kamaruzzaman guilty of five of the seven charges pressed against him and sentenced him to death on two counts, life term on two and 10 years in jail on another charge. He appealed to the Supreme Court on June 6, 2013 against the death penalty. The apex court upheld the tribunal’s verdict on November 3, 2014, but commuted one death sentence to life term. He filed the petition for review of the SC verdict on March 5. He was sentenced to death for mass killing in Sohagpur during liberation war in 1971. In the early morning of July 25, 1971, he ordered members of infamous Al-Badr and Razakar auxiliary forces to commit large-scale massacre in collaboration with Pakistani troops in Sohagpur village of Nalitabari upazila under Sherpur. Kamaruzzaman accompanied by Pakistani forces killed 164 unarmed civilians in Sohagpur village. He along with others violated scores of women. The village turned into a ‘village of widows’. Many widows testified in the warcrime case against Kamaruzzaman. He was arrested on July 13, 2010, from outside the High Court area in a case for committing massacre at Pallabi in Dhaka in 1971. Born in Sherpur on July 4, 1952, Kamaruzzaman was the president of Islami Chhatra Sangha in greater Mymensingh in 1971. The pro-Jamaat student body was later renamed Islami Chhatra Shibir. The Islami Chhatra Sangha formed AL-Badr to collaborate with the Pakistani army that committed genocide during the 1971 liberation war, according to historical records. On November 3, 2014, the Supreme Court upheld Kamaruzzaman’s death sentence awarded by a lower court for killing 164 unarmed civilians during the country’s liberation war. An ambulance carrying the body of condemned Jamaat leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman leaves the Dhaka Central Jail for his village home at Sherpur soon after his execution on Saturday night. sun photo
Sunday, April 12, 2015
Kamaruzzaman hanged:Daily Sun
ber 12, 2013. Both were the assistant secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami. A team of six hangmen led by Raju carried out the execution in presence of Dhaka Deputy Commissioner Tofazzal Hossain Mia, IG (Prisons) Brig Gen Syed Iftekhar Uddin, Civil Surgeon Dr Abdul Malek Mridha, additional district magistrate Shahidul Islam, Senior Jail Super Farman Ali, Central Jail Mosque Imam Monir Hossain and 12 armed prison guards, according to jail sources. At 10:17pm, officials concerned escorted Kamaruzzaman to the gallows from the office of the jail super. Before taking him for execution, he was given a bath and ablution. Kamaruzzaman was handed over to the hangman at around 10:25pm At 11:45 pm, an ambulance carrying the body of Kamaruzzaman left the jail for his village home under the police escort. Kamaruzzaman was due to be buried at his village home at Sadar upazila of Sherpur district. Earlier in the afternoon, 21 members of Kamaruzzaman’s family, including his wife Nurun Nahar, two sons Hasan Ikbal and Hasan Imam, daughter Atia Noor and niece Rukhsana Zerin met him in the jail. They came to the jail in a microbus and a jeep. Kamaruzzaman’s wife burst into tears while meeting her husband at condemned cell no-8. At that time, Kamaruzzaman consoled his wife. Quoting Kamaruzzaman, his elder son Hasan Ikbal said seeking presidential mercy was out of the question. “President is nobody to grant mercy. It is Almighty Allah who can only grant mercy.” While leaving the jail area, they showed the V-sign. Hasan Ikbal said his father wished that his Namaz-e-Janaza and burial be held at his village home in Sherpur. He also expressed his wish that party colleagues attend his Janaza. Quoting Kamaruzzaman, his elder brother Kafiluddin said that he did not commit any war crimes in 1971 rather he had been involved in Islamic movement. At 2:41pm, two officials of the home ministry went to Dhaka Central Jail carrying the execution order. The content of the order was read out to Kamaruzzaman. Ahead of the execution of Kamaruzzaman, security in and around Dhaka Central Jail was beefed up. As part of the security measures, various roads leading to the jail were made off-limits to commuter. On May 9, 2013, the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 found Kamaruzzaman guilty of five of the seven charges pressed against him and sentenced him to death on two counts, life term on two and 10 years in jail on another charge. He appealed to the Supreme Court on June 6, 2013 against the death penalty. The apex court upheld the tribunal’s verdict on November 3, 2014, but commuted one death sentence to life term. He filed the petition for review of the SC verdict on March 5. He was sentenced to death for mass killing in Sohagpur during liberation war in 1971. In the early morning of July 25, 1971, he ordered members of infamous Al-Badr and Razakar auxiliary forces to commit large-scale massacre in collaboration with Pakistani troops in Sohagpur village of Nalitabari upazila under Sherpur. Kamaruzzaman accompanied by Pakistani forces killed 164 unarmed civilians in Sohagpur village. He along with others violated scores of women. The village turned into a ‘village of widows’. Many widows testified in the warcrime case against Kamaruzzaman. He was arrested on July 13, 2010, from outside the High Court area in a case for committing massacre at Pallabi in Dhaka in 1971. Born in Sherpur on July 4, 1952, Kamaruzzaman was the president of Islami Chhatra Sangha in greater Mymensingh in 1971. The pro-Jamaat student body was later renamed Islami Chhatra Shibir. The Islami Chhatra Sangha formed AL-Badr to collaborate with the Pakistani army that committed genocide during the 1971 liberation war, according to historical records. On November 3, 2014, the Supreme Court upheld Kamaruzzaman’s death sentence awarded by a lower court for killing 164 unarmed civilians during the country’s liberation war. An ambulance carrying the body of condemned Jamaat leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman leaves the Dhaka Central Jail for his village home at Sherpur soon after his execution on Saturday night. sun photo
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