Probe agency submits charges against Sobhan

The probe body of International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), on Sunday, submitted formal charges against Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdus Sobhan for his alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the Liberation War to the registrar’s office of the ICT. Advocate Sultan Mahmud Simon, on behalf of the prosecution, handed over the probe report to the tribunal’s registrar, Nasiruddin Mahmud. Advocate Zead Al Malum, advocate AKM Saiful Islam and advocate Noorjahan Mukta also represented the prosecution. 

The probe team completed its inquiry into the alleged crimes of the Jamaat leader on September 12.The prosecution submitted formal charges against Sobhan on the basis of nine allegations involving crimes against humanity, Simon said. “We have also submitted documentary evidence along with the charges. The tribunal will set a date for hearing on the allegations,” he added. The probe body had begun an inquiry into Sobhan’s alleged crimes on April 15 last year and taken statements of as many as 43 witnesses, chief investigator Abdul Hannan Khan said. “We have found his involvement in nine crimes against humanity, including murder, genocide, abduction, confinement, torture, pillage and arson,” he added.   Regarding the early life of Sobhan, Khan said the accused was born in 1936 in Sujanagar upazila of Pabna district. “Sobhan was the founder ameer of the Pabna unit of Jamaat-e-Islami.