City Desk :
Today, is the 9th anniversary of the death of decorated war hero, Sector Commander of Sector 7 in the War of Independence, Lt. Col. (retd) Quazi Nooruzzaman, Bir Uttam.
Nooruzzaman joined the independence war having retired from the Pakistan Army a few years earlier, the savagery of the genocide of March 25 prompting him to take up arms. He continued to provide leadership in the fight against war criminals and collaborators after the war.
As the Chairman of the Muktijoudha Sangsad in the early 1980s he had demanded the banning of the Jamaat-e-Islami and the trial of war criminals. This movement led to him being jailed by the then dictator General Ershad.
Later he was one of the primary founders and organizers of the Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee and was one of the 24 accused by the state for holding the Gono Adalat (people’s court) to try the war criminals and collaborators.
Today, is the 9th anniversary of the death of decorated war hero, Sector Commander of Sector 7 in the War of Independence, Lt. Col. (retd) Quazi Nooruzzaman, Bir Uttam.
Nooruzzaman joined the independence war having retired from the Pakistan Army a few years earlier, the savagery of the genocide of March 25 prompting him to take up arms. He continued to provide leadership in the fight against war criminals and collaborators after the war.
As the Chairman of the Muktijoudha Sangsad in the early 1980s he had demanded the banning of the Jamaat-e-Islami and the trial of war criminals. This movement led to him being jailed by the then dictator General Ershad.
Later he was one of the primary founders and organizers of the Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee and was one of the 24 accused by the state for holding the Gono Adalat (people’s court) to try the war criminals and collaborators.
