DHAKA: International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 will deliver its verdict any day in war crime case against absconding former Jatiya party MP Abdul Jabbar as trial proceedings ended.

The tribunal led by Justice M Enayetur Rahim kept the case waiting for verdict after both the prosecution and the defence concluded their submissions Wednesday. 

Jabbar, who was chairman of Mathbaria Peace Committee in Pirojpur in 1971, has been charged with killing, mass killing, looting and forced conversion committed during the nine-month war.

The fugitive suspected had “played a key role” in the formation of the Razakar Bhahini and had “led the force” in committing crimes in Mathbaria area.

BDST: 1215 HRS, DEC 03, 2014