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MNA National Desk: The Supreme Court on Monday included the review petitions in its cause list, filed by the government and convicted war criminal Delwar Hossain Sayedee, against its verdict in his war crimes case.
The review petitions have been kept as entry No 147 of the cause list for hearing by the appeal bench headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha.
Earlier, on 28 February, 2013, the International Crimes Tribunal-1 sentenced Sayedee to death for his crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
On 28 March, 2013, Sayedee filed an appeal with the apex court seeking acquittal from the charges, while the government side on the same day separately appealed to the Supreme Court demanding capital punishment in all the eight charges he faced.
The Supreme Court on 31 December, 2015 released the full text of its verdict commuting Sayedee’s death penalty to jail unto death in the case.
Known as ‘Deilya Razakar’ in 1971, Sayedee was found guilty of committing crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.
