Name Col. Yakub Malik
Number P A 3837
Unit 53 Field Artillery regiment (53 Brigade 14 Division)
Post held C.O.
Particulars of allegations inter alia

His unit was stationed at Comilla even prior to 25th March, 1971 and remained in Bangladesh till the surrender. On and between the 25th and 29th March, 1971,300 Bangalee military officers and other ranks were disarmed and detained in Comilla at Brigade Headquarters. In addition, 1600 civilians were also arrested. On the 30th March, 1971, batches of 15 and 20 persons from among those detained were taken out and killed in the precincts of Brigade Headquarters. In the same night with the help of petromax light, these bodies of persons killed were buried in mass graves in the cantonment limits. The accused was at all material times in Comilla and on the date of the killings was actually present through the day at Brigade Headquarters where the killings occurred.

Proposed charges

Execution of planned genocide, mass murder, torture, criminal violation of international agreements, false arrest and detention etc.