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Bangladesh opposition leader held for 'war crimes'
Sunday December 19, 2010 06:39:09 PM,
IANS
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Dhaka: Bangladesh's
senior opposition leader Salauddin Quader Choudhury, who has been
accused of killing over a 100 people, mostly minority Hindus,
during the 1971 Liberation War was arrested Sunday after the
country's International Crimes Tribunal issued a warrant against
him.
Choudhury, a member of the Standing Committee of the main
opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), was detained on a
murder charge. The lawmaker leads the Islamists within the party.
The tribunal's investigators sought permission to detain Choudhury
for his alleged involvement in the killings of Nutan Chandra Kundu,
the founder of the herbal medicine factory Kundeshwari
Oushadhalaya at Raozan in Chittagong, April 13, 1971, and 107
others during the Liberation War.
Although various probe teams and media reports allege Choudhury's
involvement in the "war crimes" some four decades ago, he has
denied them, saying the charges were politically motivated.
Chief Prosecutor Ghulam Arieff Tipoo told reporters that Choudhury
will remain in custody until the probe against him is completed.
A dawn-to-dusk strike called in Chittagong, the country's main
port town and Choudhury's political stronghold, passed off
peacefully.
The authorities arrested many BNP activists and prevented them
from gathering in large numbers, The Daily Star reported on its
website.
Choudhury is considered close to BNP chief and former prime
minister Khaleda Zia, who left Saturday for a visit to China.
She endorsed the strike call and demanded that Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina, her main political rival, step down.
The country was "in danger", Zia told the media before leaving for
Beijing.
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