Jamaat-e-Islami chief hanged in Bangladesh

Motiur Rahman Nizami, the chief of famously infamous Jamaat-e-Islami group was hanged in Bangladesh. Nizami who was 73 years old is being convicted for the war crimes committed during 1971. With this he would be the fourth Jamaat leader to be hanged for war crimes. Jamaat-e-Islami which is one of the largest parties in Bangladesh has supported Pakistan during the 1971 war of Bangladesh liberation. It has indulged in suppression and massacre of numerous civilians during the war in support to Pakistan.

Nizami is one such leaders of Jamaat who was now convicted with murder, torture and rape during the war. He was also responsible for killing secularists and intellectuals in the country. But everyone doesn’t seem to be happy with the execution of Nizami. Scores of violent incidents were initiated by the cadre of Jamaat-e-Islami whenever their leaders got executed for war crimes. This time too... the Bangladesh government has taken stringent steps to retain peace.