UNB, Brahmanbaria :A case was filed with a local court on Wednesday against former Planning Minister Air Vice-Marshal (retd) AKKhandaker on charge of ‘distorting’ the Liberation War history in his recently published book ‘1971: Bhetore Baire’.MA Ishaque Bhuiyan, the then commanding officer of ‘Mujib Bahini’ Brahmanbaria region during the Liberation War, filed the case with the court of Senior Judicial Magistrate Sanjida Afrin Diba.Taking cognisance of the complaint, the court asked for producing the freedom fighter certificate of the plaintiff before it on September 15, said Tanvir Bhuiyan, the counsel for Ishaque, also a former joint secretary and an Ashuganj upazila Awami League leader.Tanvir also said, the court will pass its order in this regard after getting the FF certificate.In his memoir ‘1971: Bhetore Baire’, AK Khandaker, who was the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Bangladesh Armed Forces during the War of Liberation in 1971, wrote that Mujib Bahini members had not seen in the field in 1971. The activities of the Mujib Bahini desecrated the liberation war instead of brining any glory. Some Mujib Bahini members led the looting after the war.
