Subhan indicted for war crimes
A tribunal in Dhaka today framed nine charges of wartime offences against Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdus Subhan for his alleged crimes against humanity committed during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.
Subhan, an alleged leader of the Peace Committee in 1971, has been charged with murder, genocide, loot, abduction, confinement, arson and torture committed at different parts in Pabna from April 17 to October 30.
After framing the charges, International Crimes Tribunal-1 headed by Justice ATM Fazle Kabir set January 28 for starting trial in the case.
The Jamaat nayeb-e-ameer claimed himself innocent when the tribunal asked him whether he was guilty.
On September 15, the prosecution pressed nine charges against the Jamaat leader and said the role of Subhan was similar to that of war crimes convict and former Jamaat chief Ghulam Azam during the war.
According to the charges, Subhan, as vice-president of the Pabna Peace Committee, was involved in at least nine incidents of crimes against humanity and genocide.
Son of Sheikh Naimuddin and Nurani Begum of Tailakundi village in Sujanagar upazila of Pabna, Subhan was the founder ameer of Jamaat in Pabna and a Majlish-e-Sura member of the party’s central unit in undivided Pakistan, said the prosecution.
Members of an army intelligence agency on September 20 last year arrested Subhan at Bangabandhu Bridge toll plaza in Tangail in connection with a case of vandalism.
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