Md. Shakhawat Hossain

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Md. Shakhawat Hossain
মোঃ সাখাওয়াৎ হোসেন
Member of Parliament
for Jessore-6
In office
5 March 1991 – 24 November 1995
Preceded byAbdul Kader
Succeeded byASHK Sadek
Personal details
Born1953/1954 (age 72–73)[1]
Died11 December 2021
NationalityBangladeshi

Md. Shakhawat Hossain, better known as Maulana Shakhawat,[2] is a Bangladeshi politician. He represented the Jessore-6 constituency as a Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and a Bangladesh Nationalist Party member in the 5th and 6th Jatiya Sangsad respectively.[3][4] He later served as the Presidium Member of Jatiya Party.[5]

In August 2016, International Crimes Tribunal sentenced Hossain to death penalty for war crimes.[6] He was convicted of killing two persons, raping one and torturing two others in Keshabpur Upazila of Jessore District during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.[7]

War crime convictions

Hossain was a central committee member of Islami Chhatra Sangha, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami party and a commander of Pakistan Army's auxiliary Razakar force at Chingra Bazar camp during the 1971 war.[6][8] He joined Al-Badr, a paramilitary force, when it was formed.[5]

Hossain was accused of acting as a local commander of a group that aided Pakistani soldiers. The prosecution's probe agency began investigating in February 2012. Hossain was arrested from his residence at Uttarkhan in Dhaka on 29 November 2014.[9] In July 2015, the prosecution pressed five charges against 12 persons including Hossain for their alleged crimes against humanity.[8] The five charges include killing two persons, raping one and torturing two others.[6] The charges were accepted by the special court in September 2015.[9] The conviction was delivered in August 2016.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "ICT-1 seeks formal charge against ex-MP Sakhawat July 26". The Daily Star. 2015-06-21. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  2. ↑ "Tribunal indicts former JP MP Shakhawat Hossain, eight others for 1971 war crimes". bdnews24.com. 2015-12-23. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  3. ↑ "List of 5th Parliament Members". www.parliament.gov.bd. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  4. ↑ "List of 6th Parliament Members". www.parliament.gov.bd. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Former MP Sakhawat gets death penalty for war atrocities in Jessore, seven others get prison until death". bdnews24.com. 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Bangladesh sentences ex-MP to death for war crimes in 1971". AP NEWS. 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Death penalty for Shakhawat". The Daily Star. 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Ex-MP Shakhawat, 11 others charged". The Daily Star. 2015-07-27. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "War trial: Charges against 9 including ex-MP Shakhawat accepted". The Daily Star. 2015-09-08. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
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