SC seeks concise statement from AG

The Supreme Court yesterday asked the attorney general (AG) to submit a concise statement to it in two weeks on behalf of the state on convicted war criminal Mir Kashem Ali's appeal against his death sentence.

A four-member bench of the appellate division headed by Chief Justice SK Sinha passed the order after Attorney General Mahbubey Alam sought two weeks for submitting the statement.

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A concise statement contains the points on which the counsels will place arguments on an appeal before the SC.

Kashem's lawyer Shishir Manir told The Daily Star that they have already submitted their concise statement.

The International Crimes Tribunal-2 sentenced Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Kashem Ali to death on November 2 last year for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War.

Kashem on November 30 filed the appeal with the SC challenging the verdict and seeking acquittal.