Several hundred youths Tuesday evening once again gathered at the city’s
Shahbag demanding execution of Abdul Quader Molla after the chamber
judge stayed execution of death sentence awarded by the Appellate
Division.
Ganajagaran Mancha, which was formed on February 5 demanding execution
of Quader when the ICT-2 awarded him a lifetime imprisonment, is
leading the protest gathering.
Imran H Sarkar, spokesman of the platform, said they would not leave the venue until the execution of Quader.
He also asked the activists of the platform across the country to organise people and take to the streets for the same cause.
In the afternoon, the youth brought out a torch procession at Shahbag
protesting at the death of Mostofa Hawladar, a prosecution witness of
another convicted war criminal Delwar Hossain Sayeedy.
The protest then took a festive mood when the authorities concerned
announced that the sentence against Quader would be executed midnight
past Tuesday.
But after a couple of hours the chamber judge stayed the execution till today morning.
The message sparked protests and Ganajagaran Mancha activists at Shahbagh started chanting slogan demanding execution of Qader.
Sammilita Sangskritik Jot president Nasir Uddin Yusuf Bachchu said, ‘We
did not ask the government to execute Qader at our words… But the stay
order on the execution has triggered confusion among people.’ (source)