Dhaka, Oct. 25 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has claimed the ousted Awami League government handed down death sentences in "false" cases against two Jamaat-e-Islami leaders and a BNP standing committee member over crimes against humanity in 1971.

He made this comment at a discussion meeting organised at the Shilpakala Academy on Saturday to mark the 21st founding anniversary of the Daily Naya Diganta.

Fakhrul said, "Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami, Naya Diganta owner Mir Quasem Ali, BNP standing committee member Salahuddin Quader [Chowdhury], and many Islamic scholars were sentenced to death in fabricated cases. These are shameful chapters in the history of this nation."

He said the nation has not forg...