Family meets Quasem at Kashimpur jail

Family members of condemned war crimes convict Jamaat leader Mir Quasem Ali met with him at Kashimpur jail in Gazipur this afternoon.

Nine family members including his wife, son and daughter-in-law reached the jail gate around 12:45pm and left after an hour, said Subrata Kumar Bala, jail super of Kashimpur jail, told our Gazipur correspondent.

It was part of a regular meeting, the SP said.

The International Crimes Tribunal on June 6 issued a death warrant for Quasem Ali hours after the Supreme Court released the full text of its verdict upholding his death penalty.

On November 2, 2014, the ICT-2 handed down capital punishment to 63-year-old Quasem, chief of Chittagong Al-Badr Bahini, for committing crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.

Quasem is the fifth Jamaat leader to have got the death penalty for playing a notorious role in 1971.

The tribunal sentenced him to death on two charges and different jail terms on eight other charges. He later challenged the verdict at the apex court.

On March 8 this year, the SC upheld his death penalty for one charge -- the brutal torture and killing of young freedom fighter Jasim.

His conviction and punishment on six other charges were upheld by the five-member SC bench headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha.