The prosecution lawyers have dedicated the tribunal verdict that awarded death penalty to Jamaat top leader Mir Quasem Ali to the martyrs of the 1971 Liberation War.
They also expressed their satisfaction over the verdict while giving their reactions before the media on Sunday afternoon, immediately after it was handed down.
Prosecutor Ziad Al-Malum said: “With this verdict, Bangladesh has moved a step ahead in removing the stigma of the nation.”
Replying to a query, Prosecutor Turin Afroz said: “We [prosecutors] will sit together and will take decision whether we will file appeal petition regarding the charges that were not been proved against Mir Quasem.”
Earlier in the day, tribunal 2 awarded death penalty to Mir Kashem Ali for his alleged crimes against humanity and other offences committed in Chittagong during the 1971 Liberation War.
The tribunal handed down death penalty to the war criminal on the charges 11, 12 for killing five people, in cluding one Jasimuddin, after abduction.
10 charges out of total 14, which include killings, conspiracy, planning, complicity, incitement and active participation were proved, the tribunal pronounced.
He was awarded a total of 72-year imprisonment on other charges of abduction, conspiracy and planning.
