Sayedee trial: Appeals hearing concludes

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UNB, Dhaka:
he hearing of the appeals filed by both sides over the International Crimes Tribunal-1 verdict condemning Delwar Hossain Sayedee, nayeb-e-ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami, to death for his 1971 Libration War Crimes, were closed before the Appellate Division on Tuesday.

Closing the hearings after exhausting 49 working days, a five-member Appellate Division bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Md Muzammel Hosssain, fixed
Wednesday for disposal of the supplementary petitions from both sides created during the hearings, including the charge of killing Ibrahim Kutty for which Sayedee was awarded capital punishment.
The apex court began hearing on the appeals on September 24 last year.
During the appeal hearing, the defence counsel for Sayedee claimed that Ibrahim Kutty was killed after the independence of Bangladesh.

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