, Jan. 21 -- Abul Kalam Azad, a fugitive sentenced to death for crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 Liberation War, surrendered to the International Crimes Tribunal on Wednesday.

Azad applied to the Ministry of Home Affairs last year seeking a stay of his sentence under Section 401 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

He was sentenced to death on January 21, 2013 by International Crimes Tribunal-2.

The tribunal found Azad guilty on seven of eight charges of crimes against humanity.

Three of the charges carried the death penalty. The tribunal did not impose separate punishments for the remaining four charges as the death sentence superseded them. One charge was dismissed due to lack of sufficient evidence.

According to the...