B’desh hangs top Jamaat leader for 1971 war crimes
13 April 2015 4:05 AM IST
Top Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Quamaruzzaman was hanged late on Saturday night for committing war crimes and mass killing during Bangladesh’s 1971 independence war against Pakistan, days after he lost his final bid to overturn his death sentence. He was hanged at 10:01 pm local time, jail officials were quoted by local media reports as saying.
Quamaruzzaman, the third most influential leader in the Islamist party, was hanged late in the night after his execution was postponed at the last minute on Friday. Quamaruzzaman, 63, is the second Jamaat leader after Quader Mollah to be executed for 1971 war crimes. He had decided not to seek presidential clemency after the review of his conviction was rejected on April 6 by a four-member Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha. Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in May 2013 sentenced Quamaruzzaman to death for committing crimes against humanity.
Quamaruzzaman, the third most influential leader in the Islamist party, was hanged late in the night after his execution was postponed at the last minute on Friday. Quamaruzzaman, 63, is the second Jamaat leader after Quader Mollah to be executed for 1971 war crimes. He had decided not to seek presidential clemency after the review of his conviction was rejected on April 6 by a four-member Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha. Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in May 2013 sentenced Quamaruzzaman to death for committing crimes against humanity.
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