Convicted war criminal Abdul Alim on Thursday lodged an appeal with the Appellate Division questioning the tribunal verdict that had sentenced him jail until death.
His counsel Tarikul Islam told the Dhaka Tribune that Alim had sought acquittal.
On October 9, the International Crimes Tribunal 2 awarded the former BNP minister of Gen Ziaur Rahman cabinet the punishment for committing crimes against humanity in Joypurhat during the 1971 Liberation War.
Alim was spared the death sentence because of his “old age, ill health and physical disability.”
Meanwhile, the government side is yet to decide on whether to file an appeal seeking death penalty for Alim. The issue is under consideration, Additional Attorney General MK Rahman said.
On Friday is the last day of filing appeal with the apex court as the tribunal law stipulates that appeals should be entertained by 30 days from the pronouncement of verdict.
Earlier, the government appealed for capital punishment to Ghulam Azam, who had acted as the chief of Jamaat-e-Islami of Bangladesh chapter in 1971, and collaborated with the Pakistani occupation armies to commit crimes against humanity.
He was also excused from death penalty for ill health though the war crimes tribunal said the Jamaat kingpin had deserved death sentence.