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This is about death of elderly Jamaat-e-Islami leader, Maulana Abul Kalam Muhammad Yousuf. i noticed most indian media outlets wholeheartedly embraced branding JI as "fundamentalist" like here Bangladesh war crimes accused Jamaat leader dies
Anyways here is the article from RAW Tribune
Razakar founder Yusuf dies; case halted
Udisa Islam
War crimes accused Jamaat-e-Islami leader AKM Yusuf, 87, died yesterday due to old-age complications, at a time when the case against him was at the final stage.
The International Crimes Tribunal 2 was set to hear closing arguments in the case on February 12. Earlier, the prosecution and the defence placed witnesses against and on his behalf. Though the case has to be stopped for his death, the tribunal is likely to give an order on the case.
Yusuf fainted at the Kashimpur Jail in the morning when the authorities took him to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). He died on way to the ICU, said Yusuf’s family members and defence counsel Gazi MH Tamim.
The body was handed over to his elder son Mahbubur Rahman around 6:15pm after a post-mortem examination was conducted at the Dhaka Medical College morgue.
Earlier in the day, the defence submitted a petition with the tribunal 2 so that they could receive the body without a post-mortem examination. After hearing both sides, the tribunal ordered the jail authorities to follow the prison rules.
Assistant Professor AKM Shafiuzzaman of the Forensic Department at the DMC conducted the examination in presence of officials from Dhaka Central Jail and Kashimpur Jail.
His heart and some other parts were preserved for further tests, said morgue sources. In the post-mortem report, Prof Shafiuzzaman mentioned that apart from brain hemorrhage due to a cardiac arrest, his old-age complications were also responsible for the death.
After his death, defence counsel Tajul Islam claimed that the jail authorities had brought Yusuf to BSMMU around 10:15am but he was not given proper treatment.
Director General of the hospital Brig Gen (retd) Abdul Majid Bhuiyan denied the allegation saying that the doctors had tried their best to save him.
The senior nayeb-e-ameer (senior vice-president) of Jamaat was indicted on August 1 last year on 13 counts of crimes against humanity he had committed in Bagerhat, Khulna and Satkhira areas. He is allegedly responsible for organising genocide, murders, looting, arson and religious persecution.
After the war, he had been arrested and being tried under the Collaboarators Order of 1972. But he was released along with over 11,000 collaboartors after the law had been revoked on December 31, 1971.
According to the prosecution, Yusuf had formed the first team of razakars (volunteers in English, also used to refer as collaborators; an auxiliary force of the Pakistani occupation forces) on May 5, 1971 with 96 members of Jamaat in Khulna. He strated gathering people for the force on April 18. The Pakistan government recognised the force through a gazette notification on August 2 that year. Yusuf was also the regional chief of anti-liberation force Peace Committee.
One of the leading anti-liberation organisers during the war, he became a member of Abdul Motaleb Malik-led cabinet where the accused had served as revenue minister. However, all the cabinet members had resigned on December 14, only two days before the country’s independence, as they “decided to resign observing the country’s situation,” Yusuf told the tribunal recently.
The accused had been the second person in Jamaat’s chain of command during the war. He used to make inciting speech regularly in meetings of peace committee in territory of greater Khulna aiming to encouraging the members of Peace Committee and the razakar force to annihilate the Hindu community and the pro-liberation people.
From 1956 until October 1958, Yusuf had served as ameer (head) of Khulna unit Jamaat. He served as a member of Majlis-e-Shura (Central Executive Council) for three full terms between 1962 and 1971, under the leadership of Jamaat founder Sayyid Abul A’la Mawdudi. At the time, Ghulam Azam was the ameer of East Pakistan Jamaat, while Maulana Abdur Rahim the central nayeeb-e-ameer.
According to the charge framing order, Yusuf, son of late Azim Uddin Howlader of Rajoir village in Sharankhola of Bagerhat, joined Jamaat in 1952. He became the chief of Khulna division Jamaat in 1957. He started his profession as a madrasa teacher in 1952 and became the principal of Khulna Alia Madrasa in 1958.
In his political career, Yusuf was an elected member of the National Assembly in 1962. He was nominated as the provincial joint secretary of Jamaat in 1969.
People and victims of Soronkhola and Morelganj had tight lipped for the sake of their own security since long. But when in 2010, the Awami League government started the trial of identified war criminals, the victims said Yusuf had forced many people from his own area to join the razakar force in 1971. His headquarter was then mentioned as “Ghost House” which is now being used as the district Anasr camp.
So far, the tribunal 2 has recorded testimonies of the prosecution and defence witnesses. The verdict was supposed to be delivered on completition of the closing arguments.
Prosecutor Syed Haider Ali said if an accused dies in the middle of a trial, then the case has to be stopped. He mentioned that the tribunal would give an order on this.
Imran H Sarker, convener and spokesperson of pro-liberation platform Ganajagaran Mancha, said they wanted a verdict to know which charges were proved against Yusuf.
Shyamoli Nasrin Chowdhury, the wife of martyred intellectual Dr Alim Chowdhury and a witness in war crimes cases, also demanded that the case be completed “so that justice is served for the victims of 1971 Liberation War.”
The tribunal 1 on May 12 last year took the charges against Yusuf into cognisance. The case was transferred to the tribunal 2 on July 1.
He was arrested on May 12 following an arrest warrant issued by the tribunal 1. He was sick and several times sought bail from the tribunal, but his appeal was rejected and the tribunal ordered jail authorities to ensure proper treatment of the accused.
Razakar founder Yusuf dies; case halted | Dhaka Tribune
Anyways here is the article from RAW Tribune
Razakar founder Yusuf dies; case halted
Udisa Islam
War crimes accused Jamaat-e-Islami leader AKM Yusuf, 87, died yesterday due to old-age complications, at a time when the case against him was at the final stage.
The International Crimes Tribunal 2 was set to hear closing arguments in the case on February 12. Earlier, the prosecution and the defence placed witnesses against and on his behalf. Though the case has to be stopped for his death, the tribunal is likely to give an order on the case.
Yusuf fainted at the Kashimpur Jail in the morning when the authorities took him to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). He died on way to the ICU, said Yusuf’s family members and defence counsel Gazi MH Tamim.
The body was handed over to his elder son Mahbubur Rahman around 6:15pm after a post-mortem examination was conducted at the Dhaka Medical College morgue.
Earlier in the day, the defence submitted a petition with the tribunal 2 so that they could receive the body without a post-mortem examination. After hearing both sides, the tribunal ordered the jail authorities to follow the prison rules.
Assistant Professor AKM Shafiuzzaman of the Forensic Department at the DMC conducted the examination in presence of officials from Dhaka Central Jail and Kashimpur Jail.
His heart and some other parts were preserved for further tests, said morgue sources. In the post-mortem report, Prof Shafiuzzaman mentioned that apart from brain hemorrhage due to a cardiac arrest, his old-age complications were also responsible for the death.
After his death, defence counsel Tajul Islam claimed that the jail authorities had brought Yusuf to BSMMU around 10:15am but he was not given proper treatment.
Director General of the hospital Brig Gen (retd) Abdul Majid Bhuiyan denied the allegation saying that the doctors had tried their best to save him.
The senior nayeb-e-ameer (senior vice-president) of Jamaat was indicted on August 1 last year on 13 counts of crimes against humanity he had committed in Bagerhat, Khulna and Satkhira areas. He is allegedly responsible for organising genocide, murders, looting, arson and religious persecution.
After the war, he had been arrested and being tried under the Collaboarators Order of 1972. But he was released along with over 11,000 collaboartors after the law had been revoked on December 31, 1971.
According to the prosecution, Yusuf had formed the first team of razakars (volunteers in English, also used to refer as collaborators; an auxiliary force of the Pakistani occupation forces) on May 5, 1971 with 96 members of Jamaat in Khulna. He strated gathering people for the force on April 18. The Pakistan government recognised the force through a gazette notification on August 2 that year. Yusuf was also the regional chief of anti-liberation force Peace Committee.
One of the leading anti-liberation organisers during the war, he became a member of Abdul Motaleb Malik-led cabinet where the accused had served as revenue minister. However, all the cabinet members had resigned on December 14, only two days before the country’s independence, as they “decided to resign observing the country’s situation,” Yusuf told the tribunal recently.
The accused had been the second person in Jamaat’s chain of command during the war. He used to make inciting speech regularly in meetings of peace committee in territory of greater Khulna aiming to encouraging the members of Peace Committee and the razakar force to annihilate the Hindu community and the pro-liberation people.
From 1956 until October 1958, Yusuf had served as ameer (head) of Khulna unit Jamaat. He served as a member of Majlis-e-Shura (Central Executive Council) for three full terms between 1962 and 1971, under the leadership of Jamaat founder Sayyid Abul A’la Mawdudi. At the time, Ghulam Azam was the ameer of East Pakistan Jamaat, while Maulana Abdur Rahim the central nayeeb-e-ameer.
According to the charge framing order, Yusuf, son of late Azim Uddin Howlader of Rajoir village in Sharankhola of Bagerhat, joined Jamaat in 1952. He became the chief of Khulna division Jamaat in 1957. He started his profession as a madrasa teacher in 1952 and became the principal of Khulna Alia Madrasa in 1958.
In his political career, Yusuf was an elected member of the National Assembly in 1962. He was nominated as the provincial joint secretary of Jamaat in 1969.
People and victims of Soronkhola and Morelganj had tight lipped for the sake of their own security since long. But when in 2010, the Awami League government started the trial of identified war criminals, the victims said Yusuf had forced many people from his own area to join the razakar force in 1971. His headquarter was then mentioned as “Ghost House” which is now being used as the district Anasr camp.
So far, the tribunal 2 has recorded testimonies of the prosecution and defence witnesses. The verdict was supposed to be delivered on completition of the closing arguments.
Prosecutor Syed Haider Ali said if an accused dies in the middle of a trial, then the case has to be stopped. He mentioned that the tribunal would give an order on this.
Imran H Sarker, convener and spokesperson of pro-liberation platform Ganajagaran Mancha, said they wanted a verdict to know which charges were proved against Yusuf.
Shyamoli Nasrin Chowdhury, the wife of martyred intellectual Dr Alim Chowdhury and a witness in war crimes cases, also demanded that the case be completed “so that justice is served for the victims of 1971 Liberation War.”
The tribunal 1 on May 12 last year took the charges against Yusuf into cognisance. The case was transferred to the tribunal 2 on July 1.
He was arrested on May 12 following an arrest warrant issued by the tribunal 1. He was sick and several times sought bail from the tribunal, but his appeal was rejected and the tribunal ordered jail authorities to ensure proper treatment of the accused.
Razakar founder Yusuf dies; case halted | Dhaka Tribune
