The High Court's virtual bench of Justice Jahangir Hossain rejected the bail after hearing from lawyers of both the petitioner and the state on Wednesday. Known as the "Butcher of Mirpur" during the Liberation War, Quader Molla was hanged on December 12, 2013, for committing crimes against humanity in 1971. Quader Molla was also the former assistant secretary general of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. A mouthpiece of Jamaat, Daily Sangram published the report on its front page with the headline: "Today is the sixth martyrdom anniversary of Shaheed Abdul Quader Molla." Quader Molla was also the executive editor of Daily Sangram.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 13, 2020 07:30 UTC