Families of the victims of atrocities committed by war crimes convict Abdul Alim at places in Jaipurhat in 1971 are not ‘fully satisfied’ with his sentence to imprisonment till death.
They said that the vertdict could not reflect their expectations and they were upset, as Alim was not sentenced to death. They, however, said that they were happy as the International Crimes Tribunal in the verdict mentioned that the Alim deserved death sentence.
‘The sentence was inadequate and Alim should have been given death penalty,’ Dilip Kumar Chakraborty of Uttarhat Sahar in Jaipurhat told New Age.
He recalled that his uncle, Moni Bhushan Chakraborty, was killed in the genocide at Uttar Hatsahar and Harunja Hat of Khetlal in Jaipurhat in May, 1971.
‘I am not fully satisfied with the verdict. I expected his death sentence,’ said Abdul Hai of Akkelpur in Jaipurhat.
He expected the prosecution to go to the Appellate Division seeking Alim’s death sentence.
He said that Alim and his cohorts killed three including his younger brother Fazlul Karim in October, 1971 and lamented that his mother who died in 2011 could not see that her son’s killer was punished.
Quazi Ezaz Ahmed, a physician by profession, got mental satisfaction as the tribunal mentioned that Alim deserved death sentence.
He recalled that he was a child when his affectionate grandfather, Abul Quasem, also a physician, was killed on orders from Alim on July 24, 1971. Alim was found guilty in charge of Quasem killing.
Alim was jailed unto death for the three offences and the tribunal observed that he deserved death sentence for these three offences.
-With New Age input
