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Jamaat leader sentenced to death for war crimes

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IANS Dhaka

Mir Quasem Ali, a top leader of Bangladesh's Jamaat-e-Islami, was sentenced to death Sunday for crimes committed during the 1971 Liberation War.

The International Crimes Tribunal-2, chaired by Justice Obaidul Hassan, passed the sentence, nearly six months after a case against him was wrapped up, bdnews24.com reported.

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First Published: Nov 02 2014 | 2:38 PM IST

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