War crimes trial verdict against Mir Kashem today
FE Desk | Sunday, 2 November 2014
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 pronounces today (Sunday) judgement in the war crimes case against Jamaat-e-Islami Central Executive Committee member Mir Kashem Ali, also a key financier of the party.
Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah, senior member of the two-member tribunal, set the date on Thursday. The tribunal chairman is on leave.
The Jamaat-e-Islami leader was shifted to Dhaka Central Jail from Kashimpur jail in Gazipur a day after the special tribunal fixed Sunday for delivering the judgment.
Quasem, the alleged chief of infamous Chittagong Al-Badr Bahini, an auxiliary force of Pakistani army, faces 14 charges, including murder committed in the city between November and December 16, 1971.
The prosecution sought capital punishment for Mir Quasem, a member of Jamaat's central executive council and also considered as one of the top financiers of the party, claiming that they had been able to prove 12 out of 14 charges. The defence sought his acquittal saying the prosecution couldn't prove any charges.