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The dead bodies of the students of Sergent Zahurul Huq Hall, Dhaka University, Killed during the dark night on March 25, 1971 A visual document of Pakistan army's atrocities in the district of Kushtia An ice berg of brutal women repression by the Pakistani occupied forces which become a regular phenomenon during nine months of Bangladesh liberation war Two repressed women at the Rehabilitation Centre in Dhaka during 1972 The bodies of the intellectuals at Rayer Bazar slaughtering spot. Apprehending ultimate defeat, the Pakistani occupied forces prepared list of the top most intellectuals of the country with the help of their local collaborator Jamaat-e-Islami's killing squad Al Badar and executed the pre-planned elimination A example of crime against humanity: Pakistani soldiers used to humilate people in this manner to identify whether he is a Hindu or Muslim The bodies of innocent Bengalees on the street of Jessore district Dhaka city wore a vies of devastation : aftermath of the March 25 crack down in 1971 Indian Army preparing lists of the sophisticated arms laid down by Pakistani occupied forces on December 16, 1971 The agony of a women in a west Bengal refugee camp in India whose husband and others family members were killed by Pakistani army The human skeletons recovered from the slaughtered sites. More than 5 thousands such sites are calculated in different part of Bangladesh The thousands of localities were destroyed by Pakistani shells leaving hundreds dead or jnjured. A bid for treatment of a burnt boy The wailing parents at a refugee camp in Indian state of West Bengal, who lost their children Appendix List of the war criminals of Pakistani armed forces Bangladesh government prepared a list of five hundred Pakistani war criminals in 1972. Later it was reduced to two hundred. The following enlisted names are of only those defense personnel's who were taken to India as prisoners of war. That's why the names of the top most war criminals like the then President and Chief Marshal Law Administrator Aga Mohammad Yahya Khan, Chief of Staff", Pakistan Army, General Abdul Hamid Khan, then East Pakistan Governor and Marshal Law Administrator Lt. General Tikka Khan, Major General Khadim Hussain Raja, Major General AO Mitha, are not in the list. Major General Rao Farman Ali and Major General Khadim Hussain Raja were in-charge of 'Operation Searchlight' during March 25 crack down in 1971. As they were not in t, Dhaka during the surrender, their names were not mentioned in the lists. The victims or witnesses, who have given us testimony, disclosed names of some high ranking army officials. But most of those names are not mentioned in the list as they were not in Bangladesh during the surrender on December 16,1971. We have found the names of nine officers in the list of 200 war criminals against whom charge sheet were drafted. Charge shuts against the rest are believed to be lost OT were not prepared. 1. Name : Lt. Gen. Niazi 2. No. : PA477 3. Unit : 4. Post held : Corps Commander: Martial Law Administrator Zone B 5. Particulars of allegations inter alia : The accused is alleged to have arrived incognito at least by the 1st of March in Dacca. Thereafter, he participated in a series of high level conferences where the military operations connected with genocide were planned and finalised. His participation was under cover. After he took over as M.L.A. (in Zone B), the accused made a large number of public statements and issued a large number of orders in respect of the plan of I genocide and the military operations connected therewith. He also took upon himself the whole responsibility for all the criminal acts by men under General A M Yahya Khan Gen. Abdul Hamid Khan President of Pakistan Chief of Staff, Pakistan Army Lt.-Gen. Tikka Khan Lt. Gen. Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi Governor and Martial Law Administrator Commander, Eastern Command Maj.-Gen. Rao Farman Ali Maj.-Gen. Khadim Hussain Raja Adviser to Governor of East Pakistan GOC, East Pakistan his command indeed for all acts of his troops during the military occupation of Bangladesh. Admissions are available about mass rape and the criminal violation of women by the men under his command. It is alleged that he was personally present on the scene of the systematic murder of Bangalee intellectuals on or about 12th to 16th December, 1971.He is also alleged to have visited the site for the plan of murder of intellectuals in Brahmanbaria prior to the commission of the acts. He is also alleged to have illegally detained at least 50 women and girls in Dacca "for his personal pleasure." 6. Proposed charges: Conspiracy to wage aggressive war, conspiracy to commit genocide, conspiracy to commit crime against humanity, complicity in the commission of genocide and war crimes and crimes against humanity. Failure to maintain discipline, false arrests, rape, assault and battery and murder and criminal violation of international agreements. 1. Name : Major General Farman Ali 2. No. : PA1364 3. Unit : 4. Post held : Deputy ML. R. Zone B (as Brigadier in March 1960 to July 1971); from July 1970 Major General Civil Affairs. 5. Fuctions : To use the civil administration for the purpose of Martial Law, screening of civil servants before posting in districts, political appreciation through daily or weekly meetings either with civil officers or intelligence officers and feeding information to military junta in Islambad. 6. Particulars of allegations inter alia: Participation in all the secret meetings held by General Yahya Khan from 15th March onwards in Dacca Cantt. Participation in all military exercises in Bangladesh. His recommendations and formulation of the master plan to eliminate all Bangalee intellectuals and A wami Leaguers and selection of time and date of army crack-down in Bangladesh in executing the master plan. 7. Proposed charges: Conspiracy to wage a war of aggression, conspiracy to commit genocide and crime against humanity, complicity in the commission of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Execution of plan of genocide and crimes against humanity. 1. Name : Major General Ansari 2. No. : PA4404 3. Unit : 4. Post held : Station Commander, Dacca (prior to 25th March, 1971). Station Commander, Chittagong vice Brig. Majumdar. G.O.C. 9th Division, Sub-Martial Law Administrator, Sector III. 5. Particulars of allegations inter alia : Evidence indicates that the accused was associated with and participated in planning of the military operations that were launched from 25th March, 1971. He appears to have attended a number of high level staff and operational planning sessions in which the details of the plan of genocide were finalised. In Chittagong, he was associated with and directed the operations designed to eliminate the Bangalee military personnel serving in Chittagong Garrison. When he assumed Command as GOC, 9th Division and Sub-Martial Law Administrator, Section III, he became responsible for a large area comprising Jessore, Jinadah, Barisal, Khulna, Khulna Port, Satkhira, Magura, Kushtia, Faridpur, Chaudanga, Gopalganj, Madaripur, Patuakhali, Bhola and Bagerhat. There is wide evidence of widespread mass atrocities including murder, torture, rape and arson in the area under his control or by members of the formation under his command as from July 1971 till surrender. 6. Proposed charges: Conspiracy to commit genocide and crimes against humanity. Execution and direction of operations in pursuance of the conspiracy to commit genocide, mass murder, torture, rape, arson, false arrest and detention etc. 1. Name: Brig. Manzoor Hussain Atif 2. No. : PA3547 3. Unit : 4. Post held: Commander 117th Brigade, Comilla, Deputy Sub- Martial Law Administrator of Comilla, Chandpur and Feni (Earlier he served as Lt. Col. in Barisal) 5. Particulars of allegations inter alia: The accused is alleged to have been involved or actively participated in a series of murders committed on persons detained in concentration camps in Barisal. Evidence exists of wide-spread atrocities carried out in the area under his control or by troops under his command. 6. Proposed charges: Execution of plan of genocide, murder, incitement to genocide, torture, rape and arson, false arrest and detention; criminal violation of international agreements and international law, failure to maintain discipline. 1. Name: Capt. Abdul Wahid 2. No. : PSS 8464 . 3. Unit : 30FF 4. Particulars of allegations inter alia: The accused was posted in Dacca City at about the time of military crack down which commenced on the 25th March, 1971. Evidence exists of his participation in the acts of murder, loot and arson that were perpetrated on that day in Dacca. 4. Proposed charges: ; Murder, loot, arson, failure to maintain discipline. 1. Name: Major Mohammad Abdullah Khan 2. No. : PTC 5911 3. Unit : 4. Post held: Deputy Sub-Martial Law Administrator, Sub-sector 12, Brahmanbaria. 5. Particulars of allegations inter alia: On 21st November 1971, the accused is alleged to have taken some 50 persons from Brahmanbaria sub-jail and killed them at a place near Pairtala Bridge where subsequently 42 dead bodies were disinterred. Eye witness accounts are available. This area was visited by Lt. General Niazi and Major General Majid Khan prior to the murder of intellectuals in Brahmanbaria. Evidence discloses a design to commit genocide in that area. 6. Proposed charges: Execution of plan of genocide, murder, false arrest, etc. 1. Name: Major Khurshid Omar 2. No. : PA4553 3. Unit: To be located (he was attached with 614 Intelligence Unit, Jessore Cantt.) 4. Post held: 5 Particulars of allegations inter alia: The accused was incharge of field intelligence unit at Jessore Cantt. at least from March 1971 till the surrender. He appears to have had responsibility for the collection of political intelligence and submission of intelligence reports of the political situation in that area.