Maulana Abul Kalam Azad alias Bachchu Rajakar
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on Sunday decided to hold trial of expelled Jamaat member Abul Kalam Azad in absentia.The tribunal, dealing with the crimes against humanity, took the decision as Abul Kalam Azad, known as Bachchu Razakar, did not appear before it even after publication of newspaper advertisements.
On September 23, the tribunal directed the authorities concerned to publish an ad in two national dailies asking war crimes accused Abul Kalam Azad to appear before it within 10 days of the ad publication.
According to the court direction advertisements were published in two national dailies on September 25, but Abul Kalam Azad did not appear before the court.
After the order, the tribunal had also appointed Supreme Court lawyer Abdus Sukur Khan as defence lawyer.
The tribunal also directed the prosecution to provide the defence with relevant documents relating to charge framing against the Jamaat man through the Registrar's office by October 11.
On September 2, the prosecution submitted the formal charges against the former leader of Islami Chhatra Sangha (ICS), the then student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, accusing him of 10 types of crimes against humanity.
In the formal charges, the prosecution said the accused was involved in the killing of at least 14 people and in two acts of genocide in Faridpur during the war in 1971.
The prosecution said Azad, as a leader of ICS, was a close associate of Jamaat leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, another war crimes accused at the tribunal.
Azad played a leading role in the formation of Razakar in Faridpur.
Later the Pakistan army appointed Azad as the chief of the Al-Badr force in the district. In association with the Pakistan army, he had committed numerous crimes in the district during the war, the prosecution added.
On July 26, the investigation agency completed its enquiry and said it had found “strong evidence” against Azad in connection with crimes against humanity.
It handed over the report to the prosecution on July 29.
Azad went into hiding around seven hours before ICT-2 issued an arrest warrant against him on April 3.
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