All death penalties by martial court after 15 August 1975 can be termed as killings: AL Leaders

All death penalties by martial court after 15 August 1975 can be termed as killings: AL Leaders Senior Awami League leader Suranjit Sengupta on Saturday said if a martial court is termed a “Kangaroo court”, then all death penalties awarded after the August 15 carnage in 1975 will be considered as killings.“Cases can be lodged for such killings in this regard,” he opined. Suranjit, chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on law, justice and parliamentary affairs ministry, made the observations in reply to the recent remarks of BNP Standing Committee Member Moudud Ahmed. Terming the martial court a “kangaroo court”, former law minister Moudud on Friday said the clemency granted to Jhintu by former president Iajuddin Ahmed was a case in the marital court. Suranjit was addressing a discussion meeting organised by Bangabandhu and Jatiya Char Neta Parishad at Dhaka Reporters’ Unity (DRU) in the city marking the 86th birth anniversary of the first prime minister of Bangladesh Ta...