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Supreme Court starts hearing Mir Quasem Ali’s appeal against war crimes verdict
The Supreme Court has started hearing the appeal by Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali against the war crimes tribunal's verdict.
Published : 9 Feb 2016, 05:38 AM
Updated : 9 Feb 2016, 06:10 AM
The five-member Appellate Division bench led by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha started the proceedings on Tuesday.
The hearing began with defence counsel SM Sajahan reading out the charges against his client. Attorney General Mahbubey Alam represented the State during the hearing.
The Jamaat leader has been given the death penalty by the International Crimes Tribunal for crimes against humanity on Nov 2, 2014.
A top financier of the party, he filed an appeal seeking acquittal on Nov 30 that year.
Mir Quasem is said to have been the third man in vigilante militia Al-Badr’s command structure during the 1971 Liberation War.
Under his command local collaborators of Pakistan Army let loose a reign of terror to suppress the Bengali freedom struggle in Chittagong.
An executive council member of Jamaat, he was arrested on June 17, 2012 from the office of newspaper Naya Diganta less than two hours after the tribunal issued a warrant for his arrest.
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