DHAKA: The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Wednesday morning began reading out the summary verdict in the war crimes case against Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdus Subhan.
The ICT-2 chairman, Justice Obaidul Hassan, started reading out the brief of a 165-page verdict at 11:15am.
The other panel members are Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah and Justice Shahinur Rahman.
Subhan, Nayeb-e-Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami, was taken to the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) prison cell from Dhaka Central Jail at 8:50am.
On December 4 of last year, the same bench kept the case waiting for verdict after both the prosecution and the defence concluded their submissions.
Earlier on the day, prosecutor barrister Turin Afroz placed final arguments and appealed to the three-member panel to award the Jamaat leader capital punishment for his crimes against humanity during the liberation war in 1971.
Subhan’s lawyers Advocate Mizanul Islam and Barrister Ahsan A Siddique presented the arguments on allegations against him in eight working days from November 17-30.
Earlier from November 5 to November 17, Chief Prosecutor Golam Arif Tipu, prosecutor Ziad Al Malum, prosecutors Turin Afaroz, 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.
Judicial procedures of the case will be completed 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: 1148 HRS, FEB 18, 2015
