Least we forget Commander Moazzem
The nation is about to forget Lieutenant Commander Moazzem Hossain, a dedicated son of the country. He was among those of the military officers who were working for independent Bengal. That is why, on the 9th December 1967, a team of Military Intelligence Branch arrested Moazzem Hossain under Defense of Pakistan Rule.
In 1968, under the amended Code of Criminal Procedure, the government formed a special tribunal and instituted a sedition case as State versus Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Others, which came to be known as Agartala conspiracy case Out of 35 accused in the case, Lieutenant Commander Moazzem Hossain was the second in the list. He was accused of organizing the Bangali personnel of Pakistan Navy for an insurrection for making East Pakistan independent.
A team of Pakistan Army under Colonel Taj encroached upon his residence in Dhaka in the morning of 26 March 1971 and shot him dead.
But we think that such a dedicated soul should be kept in our heart and this can be done if his biography is read in educational institutions. Will the ministry of education respond to our demand?
Abid Hossain
Fhaka
