DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 has fixed Monday as the date of presenting arguments against Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer Abdus Subhan on legal points.

A three-member tribunal led by Justice Obaidul Hasan passed the order on Sunday.

However, prosecutor Ziad Al Malum presented the argument on legal points for the 7th day.

On November 5, Chief Prosecutor Golam Arif Tipu started presenting the arguments before the tribunal.

Later, prosecutors Sultan Mahmud Simon and Razia Sultana Chaman presented arguments on all nine allegations of Abdus Subhan’s involvement with crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.

They also gave opening statement on April 1.

Judicial procedures of the case will be complete through placing arguments by the lawyers of Subhan.

However, on March 27, ICT-1 handed over the case against Subhan to ICT-2. He was charge-sheeted on December 31 in 2013.

The tribunal took cognizance of the formal charge against the accused on September 19 and the prosecution submitted the formal charge-sheet on September 15 in 2013.

On September 20 in 2012, Subhan was arrested following a warrant, issued against him by a Pabna court.

Later, he was shown arrested in the case of committing crimes against humanity during the war.

According to the prosecution, Subhan was the Pabna unit Jamaat Ameer just before the liberation war and had formed Peace Committee, Al-Badr and Razakar (collaborating forces) in his locality and committed crimes against humanity there.

BDST: 1728 HRS, NOV 16, 2014