Published: 05:02 AM, 15 August 2023
War criminal Delwar Hossain Sayeedi passes away
Delawar Hossain Sayedee, who was sentenced to prison until death for crimes committed against humanity during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971, died yesterday.
He breathed his last while undergoing treatment at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University- BSMMU at 8:40 pm, the hospital authorities confirmed it. He was 83.
Delawar Hossain Sayedee, a Nayeb-e-amir of the Jamaat-e-Islami, suffered a heart attack inside Kashimpur Central Jail on Sunday and was instantly taken to Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital in Gazipur on a prison ambulance.
Later, he was shifted to BSMMU for better treatment.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on 17 February 2018 sentenced him to prison until death for crime against humanity in 1971.
He was arrested on 29 June 2010 in a case filed on charges of hurting religious sentiment. He was later shown arrested for crimes against humanity on 2 August that year.
Delawar Hossain Sayedee was the founding chairman of the Islami Bank shariah committee. Many stalwarts of the banking sector were in touch with this war criminal.
He was a former member of parliament from Pirojpur.
