Bangladesh hangs Mir Quasem Ali for 1971 war crimes
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Bangladesh hangs Mir Quasem Ali for 1971 war crimes
Mir Quasem Ali, who led ruthless militia Al-Badr in Chittagong to commit crimes against humanity in 1971, was hanged at Kashimpur Central Jail-2 on September 3, 2016. Al-Badr was formed as an auxiliary force of the Pakistani army, for killing, torturing, confining pro-liberation people in 1971. Before his execution the central executive committee member of Jamaat-e-Islami did not seek presidential clemency. 
