Syed Mohammad Qaisar (19 June 1940 – 11 February 2022) was a Bangladeshi Jatiya Party politician who served as a state minister, and as a member of the Parliament of Bangladesh from 1979 to 1988. He was convicted for committing war crimes during the 1971

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and the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh sentenced him to death in December 2014 for crimes against humanity. His crimes included genocide, mass murder, rape and arson. During the war, he formed a militia group in his name called ''Qaisar Bahini''.

Early life and education

Qaisar was born on 19 June 1940 in the village of Itakhola under

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in Habiganj of the then British India (now Bangladesh). His father's name was Syed Sayeduddin and mother was Begum Hamida Banu. According to his testimony to the Bangladesh Election Commission, Qaisar passed Secondary School Certificate from

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from

Jagannath College Jagannath University (JnU) ( bn, জগন্নাথ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় ''Jagannātha biśbabidyālaẏa'', University Acrostic : জবি or JnU) is a state-funded public university at 9–10, Chittaranjan Avenue in Sa ...

and received BA degree. But it was contradicted during his trial.

Personal life and death

He died at

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in Dhaka on 11 February 2022, at the age of 81.

References

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