Mir Quasem’s appeal hearing begins tomorrow

The Supreme Court will start hearing tomorrow on an appeal challenging death penalty of war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali for his crimes against humanity.

A four-member bench of the Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha is set to begin the hearing.

The same bench on January 6 fixed February 2 for hearing the appeal of Quasem.

The International Crimes Tribunal-2 on November 2, 2014 sentenced the Jamaat leader to death after it found him guilty on 10 charges of abducting, confining and torturing people during the Liberation War.

Around four weeks later, he filed an appeal with the SC challenging the tribunal's verdict.

Quasem, a member of Jamaat-e-Islami Central Executive Council, in his appeal cited 181 reasons for his acquittal on all the charges.