The government is finalising a list of anti-liberation forces that committed crimes against humanity during the 1971 War of Liberation along with a fresh list of freedom fighters.
During a question-answer session in parliament yesterday, Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mojammel Haque said: “The list of anti-liberation forces, including members of Razakars, al-Badr and al-Shams, will be prepared to identify the anti-state elements during the War of Liberation in 1971.”
He said: “People of the country as well as the whole world will be able to know about the war criminals along with the list of freedom fighters, the brave sons of the soil.”
In reply to a supplementary question from treasury bench member Shameem Osman, he further said: “We have in the meantime collected some information from upazila level.”
Answering to a scripted question of lawmaker Abdur Rauf from Kushtia 4 constituency, he informed the House that the authorities concerned were also trying to finalise a list of genuine freedom fighters by using a database so that none in the guise of freedom fighters could get away with government facilities including jobs for their children and grandchildren.
“All freedom fighters will be provided with certificates containing nine security codes...and this process is in progress.”
Responding to a question from Wasika Ayesha Khan, Mojammel said the Liberation War Affairs Ministry had taken a project named “Construction of Housing for Landless and Insolvent Freedom Fighters” for 2,971 families at the cost of Tk227.97 crore.
“Work on this housing project, which started in July 2012, will be executed by June 2015. A total of 241 residences have already been built while construction of 678 others continues and tender has been floated for 233 more houses,” he said
