SQ Chowdhury Appeal: SC seeks concise copy of verdict by Feb 26

The Appellate Division has asked both prosecution and defence to place the concise copy of verdict against war crimes convict Salauddin Quader Chowdhury by February 26. A five-member bench, headed by Supreme Court Chief Justice M Muzammal Hossain passed the order on Wednesday upon a plea filed by the counsel for Salauddin Quader Chowdhury seeking four weeks’ time to submit the verdict copy. Salauddin Quader Chowdhury’s advocate on record, Joynal Abedin Tuhin, said the court granted two weeks time to submit the verdict copy. On October 1 last year, the International Crimes Tribunal-1 sentenced former minister and BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury to death for crimes against humanity during Bangladesh’s independence struggle in 1971. On Oct 29, the BNP leader filed an appeal with the Appellate Division against the ICT-1 verdict, according to UNB.