Death penalty for Mir Quasem
Death for Quasem
10 out of 14 charges proved; defence to appeal
Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali shows V-sign on Sunday from a prison van at Dhaka Central Jail gate. He has been taken to jail after International Crimes Tribunal-2 awarded him death penalty for his crimes against humanity committed during the country's Liberation War in 1971. Photo: Palash Khan
A special tribunal in Dhaka today handed death penalty to Mir Quasem Ali, infamous for leading Al-Badr force in torturing freedom fighters at a hotel in Chittagong, to death for committing crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.
Ten out of 14 charges have been proved against the 62-year-old, International Crimes Tribunal-2 announced while delivering the verdict.
As the third most powerful man of the Al-Badr f...