The Supreme Court has fixed December 2 for starting hearing two appeals filed by convicted war criminal Ghulam Azam and the government against his verdict and a judgement.
A five-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Md Muzammel Hossain set the date on Wednesday morning.
On July 15 last year, the International Crimes Tribunal 1 handed down 90 years’ jail term to former Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Ghulam Azam on charges of committing crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.
On August 5, the Jamaat supremo filed an appeal against the verdict with the Supreme Court seeking acquittal while the government filed an appeal on August 12 for giving him death penalty.
He was charged for five counts of conspiracy, three counts of planning, 28 counts of incitement, 22 counts of complicity and one count of murder and torture.
Ghulam was charged with crimes against humanity for killing 38 people, including: the Mohammadpur police station’s then second officer sub-inspector Shiru Miah, his young son Anwar Kamal, and Dhaka University Bangla department student Nazrul Islam, who had been detained by Razakars on October 27, 1971.
They had been travelling to India for shelter, and were killed by Razakars at Ghulam’s instruction in Kairatala village, Kasbaupazila, Brahmanbaria on November 21, 1971.
Source: Dhaka Tribune
