Dhaka, Jan. 21 -- Abul Kalam Azad, a fugitive convicted of war crimes in 1971, has surrendered to the International Crimes Tribunal.

He appeared before the tribunal on Wednesday and submitted an application for his surrender, the tribunal's Prosecutor Gazi MH Tamim said.

Prosecution officials said he subsequently left the tribunal after submitting his application as no hearing was held.

Former Jamaat-e-Islami leader Azad was sentenced to death in the first verdict in a 1971 crimes against humanity case by the International Crimes Tribunal under the Awami League government on Jan 21, 2013.

He was found guilty of killing 14 people, raping three women, kidnapping nine people, detaining 10 people, setting fire to five houses, and looting ...