Abul Kalam Azad, an ex-member of the Jamaat-e-Islami party,
was today found guilty of rape and murder. The verdict was
handed down in absentia in Dhaka by Justice Obaidul Hassan as
the 66-year-old Azad is absconding.
“We should not forget the millions of victims who deserve
that their tormentors are held accountable,” Hassan and two
fellow judges said in written summary of the judgment. “The
passage of time does not diminish the guilt. Justice delayed is
no longer justice denied.”
As British colonial rule ended in South Asia in 1947, East
and West Pakistan were separated by 2,000 kilometers (1,241
miles) of Indian territory. Pakistani troops in 1971 attempted
to quell a nationalist uprising in the east that was triggered
by the jailing of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who had led his Awami
League to victory in elections.
The war ended nine months later with the creation of
Bangladesh after Indian forces helped defeat Pakistan’s army.
Jamaat-e-Islami supported staying with Pakistan during the war
and several of its leaders are among 10 people being
investigated by the tribunal on charges they collaborated with
Pakistani forces.
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