crimes against humanity The Appellate Division upheld the death sentence of ATM Azharul Islam, Assistant Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami, who was sentenced to death, and the Appellate Bench of the Chief Justice dismissed the appeal filed by Azharul Islam on Thursday morning.
Senior lawyer Khandaker Mahbub Hossain was the accused in the court, while Attorney General Mahbube Alam was the foremost state.
The case was number one for the announcement of the Appellate Division's agenda of the Supreme Court on Wednesday evening.
Earlier, on July 10, after presenting the arguments of both sides of the case, the four-judge appellate bench headed by Chief Justice Said Mahmud Hossain kept the waiting for Raat (CAV) for the appeal hearing of Jamaat leader Azharul Islam on June 18 this year.
Meanwhile, on December 30, 2014, the International Criminal Tribunal-1 sentenced ATM Azharul Islam to death. ATM Azhar filed an appeal against five and the death penalty against him in Rangpur region for the murder of at least 1400 people in Rangpur region.