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Subhan must take responsibility for Pabna war crimes

Prosecution argues in war trial

Staff Correspondent
Apart from personal crimes, Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdus Subhan will have to shoulder the responsibility for crimes committed by his subordinates in Pabna during the Liberation War, the prosecution said as Subhan's formal trial got underway yesterday.
Placing their opening statement before International Grimes Tribunal-2, the prosecution said
Subhan had been a top leader of the Jamaat and Peace Committee in Pabna and an alleged organiser of the Razakar Force in 1971.
"He |Subhan| will have to shoulder joint and individual criminal responsibilities owing to his superior status," Prosecutor Sultan Mahmud Simon said.
The three-member tribunal, led by Justice Obaidul Hassan with members Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah and Justice Md Shahinur Islam, fixed April 7 for beginning the testimonies of the prosecution witnesses.
Jamaat's Nayeb-e-Ameer Subhan is facing nine charges for his alleged involvement in genocide and crimes against humanity committed in Pabna during the nine-month-long war.
Simon said Subhan was ameer of Pabna Jamaat in 1971 and a Majlish-e-Sura member of the central unit of Jamaat of undivided Pakistan.
Citing documents, he also said Subhan was the general secretary of Pabna Peace Committee which was formed in May 1971.
In July that year, he became vice-chairman of the anti-liberation organisation and organised the Razakar Bahini, an auxiliary force of the Pakistan army, in Pabna.
He was elected unopposed as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan in 1971 when the nation was engaged in a life-and-death battle against the Pakistan army and its local collaborators, said Simon.
"The role of accused Maulana Abdus Subhan in 1971 and his collusion with the Pakistani army were evident from the information published in the East Pakistan Police Abstract of Intelligence," he said.
Simon also told the tribunal that Jamaat Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami, who also hails from Pabna and is facing a war crimes trial, had good links with Subhan during the war as both were "close associates of Pakistani army for their anti-liberation stances."
Nizami was the chief of the Jamaat's then student wing, Islami Chhatra Sangha, and alleged commander of Al-Badr Bahini, an auxiliary force of Pakistani army.
The most notable of the nine charges brought against Subhan is killing of 300-400 people, including Hindus by the Pakistani army and its
local collaborators under his leadership at several villages in Satbaria union ofSujanagar upazila on May 12, 1971.
As the then chief of the Jamaat in Pabna, Peace Committee's vice-chairman and an alleged organiser of Razakar Force in 1971, Subhan will have to shoulder joint and individual criminal responsibility under section 4(1) of the International Grimes (Tribunals) Act, 1973, Simon said.
The Jamaat, its then student wing Islami Chhatra Sangha, Peace Committee, Razakar, Al-Badr, Al-Shams fall under his [Subhan| organisational superstructure, he claimed.
Simon also read out the nine charges brought against Subhan.
After a 17-month-long probe against Subhan, the war crimes investigation agency submitted its final probe report to the prosecution on September 12,2013.
Three days later the prosecution submitted the formal charges. The tribunal indicted him on December 31.
Meanwhile, the defence yesterday filed a petition seeking exemption for Subhan from appearing in court during the trial on health grounds. The court will hear the petition on April 7.
Subhan, son of Sheikh Naimuddin and Nurani Begum of Sujanagar upazila in Pabna, was arrested on September 20, 2012.