Hearing on Sayedee, govt pleas May 2

Delawar Hossain Sayedee/Star file photo

The Supreme Court on Thursday fixed May 2 for starting the hearing on appeals filed by the government and Jamaat leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee against a war crimes trial verdict.

On February 28, the International Crimes Tribunal-1, set up to deal with the crimes against humanity cases, handed down death sentence to Sayedee on two wartime offences out of eight.

Sayedee on March 28 appealed to the Supreme Court against the death penalty.

The government on the same day also filed another appeal with the SC seeking capital punishment for Sayedee on all the charges he was found guilty.

The six-member bench of Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Md Muzammel Hossain on Thursday fixed the date for the hearing on the appeals following a prayer moved by Attorney General Mahbubey Alam.