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NARAYANGANJ, May 23 (UNB): The lawyers of condemned prisoner Jamaat leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid met him at Narayanganj jail Saturday, ahead of today's (Sunday)  appeal hearing against the ICT-2 verdict sentencing him to death for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War.

Sources said three lawyers led by Supreme Court lawyer Sishir Manir entered the jail around 10:25 am and left it around 11:10 am.

The other lawyers are-Advocate Najibur Rahman and Ehsan Siddique.

The lawyers said they met him for discussion over the Sunday's hearing on the appeal against the ICT-2 verdict.

On April 29, the Appellate Division started the appeal hearing of condemned prisoner Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid against the ICT-2 verdict.

The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on July 17, 2013, awarded Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid death penalty for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in collaboration with the Pakistan occupation forces, after finding the Al Badar boss guilty of five, out of seven charges.

The charges included murder of intellectuals, genocide, abduction and persecution.