Dhaka University Teachers' Association on Thursday demanded taking legal action against Prof Dr Imtiaz Ahmed for writing false and distorted information in his book about Bangabandhu, War of Liberation and genocide.
In a statement signed by DUTA president professor Nizamul Hoque Bhuiyan and general secretary professor Zeenat Huda, said these important issues have been settled at national and academic level and there is no scope of debate over the matters.
The teachers’ organisation also demanded removal of Prof Imtiaz from the director post of the Centre for Genocide Studies.
‘On page 40 of the book Historicising 1971 Genocide: State Versus Person written by Imtiaz Ahmed, where the writer has said that he appeared at Suhrawardy Udyan on March 7, 1971, to listen to Bangabandhu’s speech and heard him say “Joy Pakistan.” the statement said.
‘Imtiaz Ahmed expressed doubts about the number of martyrs in our great War of Independence. DUTA condemns and protests against such bold and arrogant writings,” the statement added.
They said the defeated forces of 1971 undermine the contribution of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to the War of Liberation and they (anti-liberation forces) placed baseless information about the barbaric atrocities carried out by the Pakistani occupation forces.
They said adding, Dr Imtiaz Ahmed is working with the defeated forces of 1971 by writing the book with false and baseless information about the settled issues of the country.
