SC adjourns Salauddin`s review hearing

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing on a review plea filed by BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury.

Today the matter was on number three on the cause list of the Appellate Division, but the court deferred the hearing through a short order "not today", accepting a plea from chief defence counsel Khandaker Mahbub Hossain.

The court however, hasn`t set a date for hearing the plea till filing of the report at 4.10 pm.

On October 1, 2013, the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 sentenced Salauddin to death for his crimes against humanity. He lodged appeal against his sentence on October 29, 2013 and the Appellate Division in its verdict on July 29, 2015, upheld the death sentence.

Salauddin filed his plea on October 14, seeking review of the Apex Court`s order that upheld his death sentence.

The Apex Court on September 30 released the full verdict and on October 1 the ICT issued death warrant against the BNP leader.