Bangladeshi war criminal Ghulam Azam’s last wish before his death has sparked controversy as he wanted his funeral prayers to be led by one of the two fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami leaders also convicted for atrocities during the 1971 independence war against Pakistan.
“He wished to be buried at family graveyard at Moghbazar in Dhaka and have his funeral prayers led by (Jamaat-e-Islami leaders and war crime convicts) Delwar Hossain Sayedee or Matiur Rahman Nizami,” Azam’s counsel said on Friay.
Azam, 93, died on Thursday night at the prison cell of a specialised hospital here, where he was serving his 90-years in jail sentence for masterminding atrocities during the 1971 independence war against Pakistan.