Bangladesh court turns down Sayeedi’s plea for division in jail

The High Court has turned down a petition filed by war crimes convict Delwar Hossain Sayeedi seeking special privileges in jail.

Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain and Justice Md Iqbal Kabir rejected the petition on Thursday.

On June 24, Sayeedi, a leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami, filed the petition explaining that he had received division, a special privilege, while he was a prisoner on trial.

Sayeedi urged the HC to order the jail authorities to provide him with the division facilities in jail and to send him to a specialised hospital for treatment.

The Supreme Court on Sept 17, 2014 reduced the punishment from death sentence to life imprisonment following a petition by Sayeedi.

On Feb 8, 2013, the International Crimes Tribunal-1 sentenced Sayeedi to death for war crimes committed in the 1971 Liberation War.