Former Jatiya Party lawmaker Mohammad Abdul Jabbar was involved in the killing of 36 people, setting fire and looting of around 560 houses and forcefully converted about 200 people in Mothbaria of Pirojpur during the 1971 Liberation War.
According to the five charges levelled against him, the war crimes suspect along with his accomplices forcefully converted 200 Hindus to Muslim in Phuljhuri on a day of end-May in 1971.
On October 6, the suspect picked up 37 people of Angulkata and Mothbaria and brutally tortured them. In the incident, 22 persons died.
The probe report prepared by the investigation agency of the International Crimes Tribunal states that Jabbar was involved in the killing two freedom fighters in Phuljhuri and setting fire to hundreds of houses in Nathpara and Kulupara areas.
Senior Investigator Sanaul Huq read out the five charges at a press conference in the capital yesterday. The probe report will be handed over to the prosecution today. Then the prosecution may appear before the tribunal seeking arrest warrant for the suspect who has been absconding since 2009.
Helal Uddin, who was the investigation officer in the cases against war crimes convict Delawar Hossain Sayedee and AKM Yusuf, conducted the probe.
Chief Coordinator Mohammad Abdul Hannan Khan said: “Jabbar, a former Jatiya Party lawmaker, was the chairman of Peace Committee in Mothbaria. We have brought five allegations against him in our 99-page report. We will submit documents of total 1,900 pages to the prosecution.” The agency also named 46 people as possible prosecution witnesses against Jabbar.
“His father-in-law was a local leader of the Muslim League in Pirojpur,” Hannan said. The suspect may face trial for genocide, mass killing, murder, arson and religious conversion, said Helal Uddin, investigation officer of the case. The charges include killing of 22 Hindus in Mothbaria. The IO claimed that he had enough evidence to prove the involvement of Jabbar in atrocities