Syed Mohammad Qaisar

Syed Mohammad Qaisar (born 19 June 1940) is a Bangladeshi Jatiya Party politician and former state minister. He served as a Member of the Parliament of Bangladesh from 1979 to 1988.[1] He was convicted for committing war crimes during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War and the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh sentenced him to death in December 2014 for crimes against humanity.[2] His crimes included genocide, mass murder, rape and arson.[3] During the war, he formed a militia group in his name called Qaisar Bahini.[4]

Syed Mohammad Qaisar
সৈয়দ মোহাম্মদ কায়সার
Minister of State for Agriculture
In office
1988–1991
Member of Parliament
for Habiganj-4
In office
1988–1991
Succeeded byEnamul Haque Mostafa Shahid
In office
1986–1988
In office
1979–1986
Preceded byEnamul Haque Mostafa Shahid
Personal details
Born (1940-06-19) 19 June 1940
Habiganj, British Raj
CitizenshipBangladesh
Political partyJatiya Party
Occupationpolitician
CabinetErshad Cabinet

Early life

Qaisar was born on 19 June 1940 in the village of Itakhola under Madhabpur in Habiganj of the then British India (now Bangladesh).[5] His father's name was Syed Sayeduddin and mother was Begum Hamida Banu.[5] According to his testimony to the Bangladesh Election Commission, Qaisar passed Secondary School Certificate from Armanitola Government High School, Higher Secondary School Certificate from Jagannath College and received BA degree.[5] But it was contradicted during his trail.[5]

References
  1. সাবেক প্রতিমন্ত্রী কায়সারের মৃত্যুদণ্ড. Deutsche Welle (in Bengali). 23 December 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  2. "Former Bangladeshi minister sentenced to death for war crimes". Deutsche Welle. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  3. Hossain, Akbar. সাবেক মন্ত্রীর বিরুদ্ধে যুদ্ধাপরাধের অভিযোগ. BBC News বাংলা (in Bengali). Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  4. Parveen, Farhana. মৃত্যুদন্ড: কায়সার বাহিনীর প্রধান কেন অপরাধী?. BBC News বাংলা (in Bengali). Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  5. যুদ্ধাপরাধী কায়সারের সর্বোচ্চ সাজা. bangla.bdnews24.com. Retrieved 29 November 2019.


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