Jabbar verdict any day

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on completion of trial of absconding war crimes accused, former Jatiya Party MP, engineer  Abdul Jabbar on Wednesday announced that the verdict would be delivered later. ‘Hearing concluded, judgement CAV,’ the presiding judge, Justice M Enayetur Rahim said at a full court hearing attended by Justice Jahangir Hossain and Justice Anwarul Haque. CAV, is the abbreviation of the Latin legal term Curia advisari vult meaning the court decided to deliver the verdict later. Jabbar ’s trial took place in absentia on five war crimes charges. Born in the village Khetachira, Mothbaria, Pirojpur on November 30, 1932, Jabbar was a Muslim League leader. In 1964, he was elected a Member of Provincial Assembly of East Pakistan. In 1971, he was the chairman of Mothbaria central peace committee. Wrapping up his closing arguments on Wednesday, state defence lawyer Mohammad Abul Hasan sought acquittal of his client saying that most of the prosecution witnesses were hearsay witnesses and that there was no scope to accept the evidence they presented unless corroborated by eye-witnesses.

In their rebuttals, prosecutors – Zahid Imam and Tapos Kanti Baul claimed that the prosecution proved all the charges against the accused. They sought highest punishment for the accused prescribed in the International Crimes (Tribunals) Act 1973. They said that in 1971, as an influential leader of Muslim League and peace committee chairman, he collaborated with the Pakistani occupation army and its auxiliary forces – Rajakar Bahini, Al-Badr and Al-Shams. Under his supervision, Rajakar Bahini was formed at Mathbaria, and as per his direction, plan and conspiracy, the Pakistani Army, Rajakar Bahini and members of the peace committee committed various crimes against humanity in 1971 at different areas of Mothbaria, said the prosecution. In 1986 and 1988,Jabbar was elected MP on  tickets  from military dictator HM Ershad’s Jatiya Party, according to the prosecution. On August 14, Jabbar was indicted for superior war crimes responsibility, conspiracy, abetting and facilitating the crimes of abduction, murders, torture, loot and persecutions for religious faith in 1971. During the trial, 24 prosecution witnesses testified against Jabbar. None testified to defend the accused.

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