[Bangla Daily Star] "Uncle, don't worry, nothing will happen," a junior counsel told Sayedee after the tribunal sentenced him to death."Everything will be changed with the change of the government," said another.
The junior counsels for Sayedee wanted to show him a ray of hope when he was being taken to the Central Jail from the tribunal yesterday.
Sayedee's chief counsel Abdur Razzaq said they would lodge an appeal with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court "to seek justice".
"The verdict was delivered to satisfy some third party," Masud Bin Sayedee, son of Sayedee, reacted immediately after the verdict. He, however, did not elaborate on the third party.
When the tribunal completed reading out the verdict at 1:45pm, Sayedee stood up on the dock and began to say something.
"Honourable tribunal, I think, you didn't try (me) being accountable to your conscious and oath. You delivered the verdict being instigated by some atheists of Shahbagh...," Sayedee could not complete his words.
The prosecution and some observers present at the courtroom sharply reacted to his comment, saying "You Razakar, you have been proved as Razakar. Shut up." The judges, however, left the courtroom.
Then, police took Sayedee away from the dock and kept him at the tribunal's jail where Sayedee offered his prayers.
As Sayedee was being taken to the Central Jail, he kissed Masud on the forehead, while one of his junior counsels said, "Uncle, nothing will happen."
"Everything will be changed with the change of the government," said another.
After bidding farewell to his father, Masud expressed his reaction to the newsmen in front of the tribunal.
"He [Sayedee] is okay. He asked the countrymen to keep him in their prayers," said Masud.
He also said, "We didn't get justice here [in the tribunal]. We must lodge appeal against the verdict. We believe, we will get it [justice] there [Appellate Division]."
The tribunal mentioned that his father was not involved with any political party in 1971, and he was a common people, Masud said.
"So, as a common people, it was not possible for him [Sayedee] to control Peace Committee and Razakar Bahini [two anti-liberation forces] in entire Pirojpur district (during the war)," he claimed.