DHAKA: The full verdict of the war crimes case and other related documents of convict and also senior Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee have reached Dhaka Central Jail in city Sunday afternoon (January 03).
The verdict will also be sent from International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) to home ministry and Dhaka district administration.
Moreover, law ministry will also be informed about the full verdict.
ICT disperse rider Sirajul Islam delivered the verdict and the documents to the jail authorities around 5:15pm.
He is also bringing the papers to other places.
Earlier at noon, a copy of the verdict was sent to trial court tribunal.
On December 31, 2015, the Supreme Court appellate division released its 614-page full verdict in the appeal of war crimes convict Delwar Hossain Sayedee commuting the sentence to imprisonment until death.
Earlier the apex court, in its short order issued on September 17 in 2014, commuted Sayedee’s death penalty given by the International Crimes Tribunal to imprisonment until death.
On February 28 last year, the International Crimes Tribunal handed down death penalty to Sayedee’s for his involvement in crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.
Out of the 20 charges against him, Sayedee was given the capital punishment for two.
The charges are the murder of Ibrahim Kutti and Bisabali, and for setting fire to Hindu households in Pirojpur district in 1971.
Six other charges were also proven beyond doubt but no sentence was given separately.
** Sayedee’s full verdict at tribunal
BDST: 1818 HRS, JAN 03, 2016
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