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Madaripur Correspondent

A sedition case was filed against Abdul Kader Molla, assistant secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, in Madaripur yesterday.

Advocate Obaidur Rahman Khan, a senior advocate of Madaripur District Bar Association, filed the case with the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Madaripur for his anti-liberation war comments. Abdul Kader Molla, who became known as 'the Butcher of Mirpur' in 1971 was the most notorious among the Jamaat leaders.

Accepting the case the court sent it to Madaripur Sadar Police Station to investigate it.

It was complained in the case that Abdul Kader Molla is a cheat. He is involved in activities subversive to the state. Besides, he remains active in destroying peace and harmony in the society through his anti-state activities. Country's sovereignty may be jeopardized and lives and properties of the citizens may be threatened both inside and outside the country for his activities.

It is further mentioned in the case that while speaking at a memorial meeting on Maulana Obaidul Huq, Khatib of Baitul Mukarram Mosque at National Press Club, Kader Molla made provocative remarks saying that "some took part in the War of Liberation for beautiful women, some for looting properties of Hindus, some for protecting the Indian interest."

"This remark of Kader Molla condemns the creation of Bangladesh and supports abolition of the country's sovereignty," the plaintiff mentioned in his case.

In the case, the plaintiff also pleaded to the court to arrest Kader Molla for greater interest of the state.

Abdul Kader Molla was known as a "butcher" to the Bengalee people in the city's Mirpur area during 1971. Mirpur at that time was mainly populated by non-Bengali Muslim migrants, many of whom were the supporters of the Pakistan army's actions.

One of the largest mass graves of people butchered by Pakistani troops and their allies was discovered in the Shialbari area of Mirpur after independence. Kader Molla was behind the killing of thousands of Bangalees in Shialbari and Rupnagar areas of Mirpur during the war. According to local inhabitants, Molla began his killing spree even before the army had begun its operation.

He also organised local non-Bengali people of Manipur, Sheorapara, Kazipara areas of Mirpur into armed groups under his own command. With these forces, Kader Molla organised killings of thousands of Bangalees at various killing fields of Mirpur.