Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque has claimed that previous governments who were in power for 30 years might have intentionally sabotaged the list of Razakars, the Bengalis who collaborated with Pakistani forces during the 1971 Liberation War.
He made the remarks in Manikganj, while addressing a rally organized by Muktijoddha Sangsad's local chapter on Wednesday (Dec 18).
“Over 30 years, different governments who were in power might have intentionally added names of freedom fighters in the list, which was with the home ministry.
“We could have never imagined that they [other governments] could do something like this, which led to this mistake, and we apologise.”
The minister also said: “Next time, the names will be collected from the offices of deputy commissioners or upazila nirbahi officers and released phase by phase.
“Before publishing it, we will hold investigations so that nothing goes wrong.”
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