His success was aided by the reluctance of successive governments to initiate much-expected war crimes trials. Convicted prison inmates Shahjahan, Din Islam, Ripon and Shahin carried out the hanging of the war criminal, Iftekhar confirmed to the Dhaka Tribune yesterday. Copies of the document were then sent to the International Crimes Tribunal and the authorities concerned. On August 30, Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, who led a five-member Appellate Division bench, upheld the death penalty for Quasem. Advocated Shafiul Alam (co-detainee in the room) told witness Sanaullah Chowdhury that the man who commanded was Mir Quasem Ali.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 03, 2016 21:11 UTC