Activists of Gonojagoron Mancha bring out a joyous procession in Dhaka city after announcement of verdict against Jamaat leader Mir Quasem Ali on Sunday. International Crimes Tribunal-2 sentences Quasem to death for his crimes against humanity  during the country's Liberation War in 1971. Photo: Palash Khan

A faction of the Gonojagoron Mancha today called for quick execution of the death penalty handed down to Mir Quasem Ali for crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation War in 1971.

“There are previous examples that a verdict given by the tribunal has been commuted by an Appellate Division bench of the Supreme Court,” Imran H Sarker, spokesperson of the faction, said today.

“This kind of apprehension is still in our mind. We will remain alert until execution of the verdict," he said.

The appeal, if Quasem files any challenging his death penalty, should be moved before separate bench, he said.

The comments were made from a rally that the Gonojagoron Mancha brought out in the capital’s Shahbagh in favour of Quasem’s death penalty today.

Mir Quasem Ali was infamous for leading Al-Badr force in torturing freedom fighters at a hotel in Chittagong to death.

Gonojagoron Mancha termed the verdict satisfactory saying, “It reflects people’s expectation”.

BLAST AT CTG GONOJAGORON MANCHA RALLY

A crude bomb was blasted today on the Gonojagoron Mancha’s rally in Chittagong city brought out in jubilation of the death penalty handed to Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali.

One rickshaw-puller Md Rafiq, 40, was hurt in the explosion that went off near Shaheed Minar around 1:00pm, reports our Chittagong correspondent quoting Inspector Nizamuddin of Kotwali Police Station.

No one was detained over the incident.

The rally was brought out from Shaheed Minar premises after a war crimes tribunal gave death to the former key organiser of Al-Badr and Jamaat’s key financier Mir Quasem this morning.