Gonojagoron Moncho organised a sit-in program in the capital’s Shahbagh yesterday, demanding the quick implementation of the death penalty that was handed over to war criminal Muhammad Kamaruzzaman in May, 2013.
Moncho spokesperson Imran H Sarker said: “We will stay at Shahbagh untill Kamaruzzaman’s execution as there is no bar to execute him now.” “We demand its implementation soon,” he added.
Meanwhile, welcoming the Supreme Court verdict, activists of Gonojagoron Moncho brought out a joyous rally in Shahbagh in the afternoon.
Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court upheld the death penalty of condemned war criminal Muhammad Kamaruzzaman for killing 144 villagers at Sohagpur village in Sherpur during the Liberation War.
Kamaruzzaman’s lawyers filed the petition on March 5 seeking review of the death penalty upheld by the Appellate Division on November 3 last year.
The International Crimes Tribunal 2 had sentenced the al-Badr leader to death on May 9, 2013 for committing crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.
