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Kamaruzzaman’s defence counsel has said they will continue the ‘legal battle’
until his client’s death sentence, upheld by the Supreme Court, is reviewed.
Tajul
Islam, who represents Jamaat-e-Islami’s top leadership at the war crimes
tribunals, said: “On behalf of Kamaruzzaman, I’ll say he did not get justice.”
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for the
former Al-Badr leader for killing 120 men and raping women from Shohaghpur
village at Sherpur’s Nalitabari.
“The Appellate Division has upheld the tribunal’s verdict. Nothing is more
painful,” Islam told reporters outside the court on Monday.
“We’re deeply wounded, but we’ll continue our legal battle.”
Stating that there was no scope to make any comment on the Supreme Court’s
verdict, he said. “Kamaruzzaman has been denied justice. But we need to adhere
to the verdict of the apex court.”
He, however, said the sentence could not be executed without giving a chance
for review.
The prosecution, however, said there is no provision for reviewing an appeal
verdict.
“Review is a constitutional right. The prosecution has been saying that a
review isn’t possible. But there was a review in (Abdul) Quader Molla’s case.
“We’ll file a review, and there will be a hearing and the judges then can
decide either way. It can be scrapped if it is not sustainable,” he said,
stressing that the legal battle will be pursued until the end.
As for the possibility of the Jamaat assistant secretary general seeking
presidential pardon, he said, “It is his personal matter.”
Kamaruzzaman’s final verdict comes barely a day after the Al-Badr’s head in
Chittagong Mir Quasem Ali was found guilty of murder, torture and abductions on
Sunday.
The supreme commander of the vigilante militia, the president of then Islami
Chhatra Sangha, was also handed maximum punishment for his role in execution of
intellectuals, mass killing, rape and loot during the nine months of bloodshed
43 years ago.
Adopted from bdnews24.com
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