Appeal hearings on Azhar and Kaisar were to start on Tuesday, while Sobhan’s appeal was set for Oct 16. Abdus SubhanA former MP from Pabna town, Subhan was sentenced to death by the International Crims Tribunal on Feb 18, 2016. The tribunal was also told that, during the war, Subhan had prepared and supplied to the Pakistani forces a list of local Awami League leaders and activists and Hindus. Subhan later returned to Bangladesh following a change in the political scenario and went on to become a member of parliament. Syed Mohammed KaiserFormer Jatiya Party state minister Syed Mohammed Kaiser was sentenced to death on Dec 23, 2014, for war crimes during the 1971 Liberation War.

Source: bd News24 October 10, 2017 04:30 UTC