Condemned Nizami seeks review of SC verdict

Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Motiur Rahmnan Nizami today sought review of the Supreme Court verdict that upheld his death penalty for his war crimes.

Nizami prayed to the apex court to acquit him of all the charges in which he was found guilty, his son Nazid Momen told The Daily Star.

He mentioned 46 grounds in the 70-page petition so that the Appellate Division considers his prayer, the son said.

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Nizami filed the petition 14 days after the SC released the full judgment of his death penalty.

According to the rule, a war crimes convict can file a review petition in 15 days after receiving the full verdict.

The SC on January 6 this year upheld the International Crimes Tribunal-1 verdict that sentenced Nizami to death for his crimes against humanity during the country’s 1971 Liberation War.

Two months later on March 15, the apex court released the full verdict. ICT issued death warrant for him hours after the Supreme Court released its full verdict.

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On the following day, the jail authorities read out the judgment before the convict.

In October 2014, the ICT-1 handed down capital punishment to Nizami, the leader of infamous Al-Badr Bahini, for his wartime offences.