Condemned war criminal Subhan dies at DMCH

Convicted war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdus Subhan died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital yesterday afternoon.

The 86-year old former lawmaker from Pabna was admitted to the hospital on January 24 with age-related complications.

He died around 1:30pm yesterday, said Mahbubul Islam, jailer of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj.

The International Crimes Tribunal on February 18 in 2015 sentenced him to death for committing crimes against humanity, including mass killing, murder, and confinement and torture of pro-liberation people during the 1971 Liberation War.

Jamaat Nayeb-e-Ameer Subhan, who led the anti-liberation elements in Pabna, filed an appeal with the SC challenging his death penalty on March 18 that year.

Arrested on September 20, 2012, the Jamaat leader was indicted on nine charges in December 2013.