Sweets, cheers greet death verdict for Sherpur lad

People at Sherpur were seen distributing sweets and exchanging greetings after receiving the news that Jamaat-e-Islami Assistant Secretary General Mohammad Kamaruzzaman has been given death sentence for crimes against humanity duringthe Liberation War of 1971.

Local Awami League, Freedom Fighters, Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee, Sector Commanders Forum were seen bringing out processions, bdnews24.com Sherpur Correspondent reported.
People in large numbers, including activists of several political parties and people from a broad spectrum of life, were seen waiting outside the district Muktijoddha Sangsad office and Sherpur Town Hall to hear the verdict.

Kamaruzzaman hails from Sherpur himself.

Soon after the news of the death verdict was broadcast on television, all were seen bursting in cheers.

They were chanting slogans ‘Joy Bangla’.