Jamaat hartal Thursday for day-4

DHAKA: Jamaat-e-Islami has called countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal for Wednesday protesting the verdict of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 that sentenced Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujaheed to death for committing crimes against humanity in 1971 Liberation War.

Party’s acting secretary general Rafiqul Islam, in a press release, made the announcement of hartal for the fourth consecutive day.

Earlier in the day, Jamaat Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujaheed was sentenced to death for his involvement in crimes against humanity during liberation war in 1971.

On Sunday, Jamaat called hartal for Monday as ICT fixed the same day for Ghulam Azam verdict and also called hartal for Tuesday protesting the verdict that jailed him 90-year.