Mir Quasem`s review plea verdict today

Staff Correspondent: The Supreme Court (SC) is scheduled to deliver its verdict today (Tuesday) on the petition filed by war criminal Mir Quasem Ali seeking review of its earlier verdict that upheld his death penalty.

 

A five-member Appellate Division bench headed by Cheif Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha will hand down the verdict.

 

Earlier, the Appellate Division on Sunday fixed the date after concluding hearing on arguments placed by both the state and defence counsels.

 

During the hearing, defence counsel Khandker Mahbub Hossain told the court that prosecution has miserably failed to prove the allegations against Mir Quasem.

 

On the other hand, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam said the allegations were proved against Mir Quasem and he should be sentenced to death.

 

The Supreme Court on Wednesday started hearing the review petition filed by Mir Quasem on June 19.

 

In this petition, the 63-year-old Jamaat-e-Islami leader sought acquittal on all seven charges he was found guilty on.

 

On November 2, 2014, International Crimes Tribunal-2 handed down the capital punishment to him over crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 Liberation War.

 

The Appellate Division upheld the verdict on March 8 this year and released the full text on June 6, hours after which ICT issued a death warrant.

 

risingbd/Dhaka/Aug 30, 2016/A K Azad/Amirul