"Ahsan said he told the Pakistani envoy that Mir Quasem's trial "took place in a very transparent manner, in front of everybody. ""(Mir Quasem) had scopes to appeal against the judgment and he exhausted the scopes. The apex court thought he deserved the punishment what he was handed down as he took part in the genocides in 1971," Ahsan said as having told the envoy.Officials said the meeting betwen the two senior diplomats lasted for 20 minutes. "Nothing much to say," Mehtab told reporters after coming out of Ahsan's office.Mir Quasem was the infamous pro-Pakistani Al-Badr militia's third most important figure. He was convicted of running Al-Badr's torture cell that killed several people.

Source: Times of India September 04, 2016 12:13 UTC