BSS, Dhaka :
A new prosecution witness (PW) in the trial of Engineer Abdul Jabbar, charged with committing crimes against humanity on Tuesday submitted his deposition, saying the fugitive former Jatiya Party MP had called for eliminating the supporters of Awami League, Freedom Fighters (FFs) and Hindus, terming them as enemies of the country.
Md Siddique Matobbor, 60, testified as PW-4 at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1. The witness corroborated the depositions of the earlier PWs.
“Razakars gunned the two valiant FFs following the order of Jabbar. Terming the wealth and properties of Hindus as war booty, he ordered his followers to loot them saying, ‘it is legal to plunder these by the Muslims’,” he said.
Siddique also described the incident where Razakars following the order of Jabbar, detained 150 to 200 Hindus from village Phuljhuri, forcefully converted them to Islam and made them to eat beef.
After his deposition, advocate Mohammad Abul Hasan, state-appointed defence counsel in this trial, asked him some questions and the ICT-1 then adjourned the hearing till tomorrow, leaving the cross-examination incomplete.
