M. A. Jabbar
এম এ জব্বার
Member of Parliament
for Pirojpur-4
In office
7 May 1986 – 15 April 1988
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byManirul Islam
Member of Parliament
for Pirojpur-3
In office
15 April 1988 – 6 December 1990
Preceded byAnwar Hossain Manju
Succeeded byMohiuddin Ahmed
In office
19 March 1996 – 30 March 1996
Succeeded byRustum Ali Faraji
Personal details
Born(1932-11-30)30 November 1932
Pirojpur District, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died18 August 2020(2020-08-18) (aged 87)
Florida, United States
Political partyJatiya Party (Ershad)

M. A. Jabbar (30 November 1932 – 18 August 2020)[1][2] was a Jatiya Party politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Pirojpur-3 and Pirojpur-4 constituencies.[3]

In February 2015, Jabbar was sentenced to jail until death on the conviction of four charges of crimes against humanity and genocide committed during Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.[1][4]

Early life and career

Jabbar earned his bachelor's in engineering degree and joined the politics of Muslim League.[1] He was elected an MPA in 1964.[1] He was elected to the parliament from Pirojpur-4 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1986. Jabbar was elected to the parliament from Pirojpur-3 as a Jatiya Party candidate in 1988.[3]

War crimes and convictions

According to the International Crimes Tribunal prosecution, while Jabbar was serving as the chairman of Mathbaria Peace Committee, he played a key role in the formation of the Razakar force and led it to commit war crimes.[5] They brought five charges against him for killing, mass killing, looting and forced conversions in Pirojpur in 1971:[6]

  • Killing two freedom fighters at Mathbaria's Phuljhuri during the Liberation War. Torching and ransacking of over 100 houses at Nathparha and Kuluparha in Pirojpur.[7]
  • Killing a man at Phuljhuri, setting fire to 360 houses before looting them.
  • Killing 11 people at Pirojpur's Noli village, looting and setting fire to 60 houses there.
  • Forced conversion of 200 Hindus at Phuljhuri.[8]
  • Detaining 37 people from Angulkata and Mathbaria, killing 22 of them and seriously injuring others.[9]

In May 2014, an arrest warrant was issued against Jabbar.[10] According to the investigators, he had resided in the United States in his later life.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Jabbar gets jail until death". The Daily Star. 2015-02-24. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  2. ↑ দণ্ডিত যুদ্ধাপরাধী জাপা নেতা জব্বার মারা গেছেন. Somoy News (in Bengali). Retrieved 2020-08-19.
  3. 1 2 "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "JAIL until death". The Daily Star. 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  5. ↑ "Arrest warrant issued against ex-MP Jabbar". The Daily Star. 2014-05-13. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  6. ↑ "Witness: Jabbar targeted Hindus in Pirojpur". Dhaka Tribune. 2014-09-07. Archived from the original on 2020-01-15. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  7. ↑ "Decision on charges against ex-JP lawmaker August 14". The Daily Star. 2014-07-21. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  8. ↑ "War crimes verdict on ex-JP leader Abdul Jabbar any day now". bdnews24.com. 2014-12-03. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  9. 1 2 "ICT to announce verdict on ex-Jatiya Party MP Abdul Jabbar on Tuesday". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  10. ↑ "Arrest warrant for ex-JP MP Jabbar". The Daily Star. 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
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