Punish my son, says father of HuJi top cadre Sufian
Hossain Seraj, Magura
"Those who are killing innocent people with bombs are enemies of Islam and the people. As my son has joined hands with militants who are killing people in the name of introducing Islamic law, I think he also should be punished," said Hasan Mian, octogenarian father of Abu Sufian a top cadre of Harkat-ul-Jihad (HuJi) and close aide to militant kingpin Mufti Abdul Hannan."My dream to groom my son with the spirit of Islamic was shattered when he was lured from the madrassa to join Huji. They (militant leaders) should also be punished for misleading innocent youths", said Hasan Mian who performed Hajj twice in last three years. He was talking to this correspondent at his Kamarpara village home in Sreepur upazila recently. Abu Sufian was sent to a madrassa in Faridpur to study Islamic theology. There he joined militant groups and went to Afghanistan to fight Soviet soldiers as a Mujahid, according to intelligence sources police and family members. Sufian was hit with bullets in the head and knee while fighting in Afghanistan, sources said. Villagers in Khamarpara are also aware of his activities as a 'mujahid' in Afghanistan. "On several occasions I heard stories about Afghan war from Sufian. It was exciting when he used to narrate how he faced Soviet solders", a villager declining to be named said. Intelligence sources said Sufian was arrested along with 39 other militants on December 17 in 1993 by Army when he was training militants at a camp in a jungle in Rangamiat. He was released on bail following an order from higher court. He was a close associate of Mufti Abdul Hannan, the sources said. He was again arrested by BDR (Bangladesh Rifles) when he tried to cross the border illegally to go to Afghanistan after US soldiers attacked Afghanistan. This time he also managed to get free, sources said. Sufian was seen in the area before August 17 blasts and is absconding since the incident, police said.
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