Hasina's challenge: Asserting Bangladesh's secular identity (S. Binodkumar Singh, South Asia Monitor)

On May 11, 2016, Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) amir (chief) Motiur Rahman Nizami, who had masterminded the formation of the ruthless militia Al-Badr that unleashed terror against Bengalis in erstwhile East Pakistan, killed unarmed civilians, raped women and destroyed properties during the Liberation War of 1971, was executed at Dhaka Central Jail. Nizami was sentenced to death on October 29, 2014, by the International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) after being found guilty on 8 of the 16 charges brought against him. The four charges which brought with them penalty of death included involvement in the killing of intellectuals; the murder of 450 civilians, and the rape of 30 to 40 women in Bausgari and Demra villages in Pabna district; the killing of 52 people in Dhulaura village in Pabna district; and the killing of 10 persons and rape of three women in Karamja village in Pabna district. He was also sentenced to imprisonment for life on four charges of involvement in the killing of Kasim Uddin and two others in Pabna district; torture and murder of Sohrab Ali of Brishalikha village in Pabna district; torture and killing at Mohammadpur Physical Training Centre in Dhaka city; and killing of freedom fighters Rumi, Bodi, Jewel and Azad at Old MP Hostel in Dhaka city

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