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 The tribunal did not impose separate punishments for the remaining four charges as the death sentence superseded them.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 verdict, Azad was involved in the killing of 14 people, the rape of three women, the abduction of nine persons, detention of 10 individuals, arson attacks on five houses and looting of 15 homes during the Liberation War.

Azad remained a fugitive at the time and could not be produced before the court.

Law enforcement sources said he fled to Pakistan via India before an arrest warrant could be issued.

The trial proceedings concluded on December 26, 2012, after the completion of arguments from both sides, with the verdict delivered later in his absence.