Mujahid\\\'s appeal verdict today

The verdict on an appeal by Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid against the death sentence awarded to him by a war crimes tribunal will be announced today (Tuesday), reports bdnews24.com.

It has been included at the top of the day's cause-list at the Supreme Court.

On May 27, a four-member strong appellate bench headed by the Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha had set the date after conclusion of the hearing.

On July 17, 2013, the second war crimes tribunal sentenced the Jamaat secretary general to death after finding him guilty of five of the seven war crime charges levelled against him.

The former Al-Badr commander moved the Appellate Division on August 11 the same year, challenging the verdict that condemned him to be 'hanged by the neck'.