Defence claims ‘legal and factual mistakes' in verdict

International Crimes Tribunal-2 has made “legal and factual mistakes" in the verdict that awarded death penalty to Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdus Subhan in a war crimes case, a defence lawyer has claimed.

“We will bring the mistakes to notice when we will appeal for the verdict with the higher court,” defence lawyer Shishir Manir told reporters after coming out of the International Crimes Tribunal-2 that pronounced the judgement today.

Expressing dissatisfaction over the verdict, he said, “We hope that we will get justice in the appeal”.

While voicing reaction over today’s verdict, Nesar Ahmed, son of the convict, told The Daily Star that his father is completely innocent and had absolutely no relationship with the war crimes.

They would appeal with the higher court and hoped to get justice, he said.

International Crimes Tribunal-2 handed death penalty to Jamaat Nayeb-e-Ameer Abdus Subhan on three charges of killing, torture and confinement during the country’s Liberation War in 1971.