The Appellate Division (AD) of the Supreme Court (SC) began the hearing on the appeal of BNP standing committee member Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury for the fourth consecutive day yesterday against his death penalty given by the tribunal for crimes against humanity during the War of Liberation, reports BSS. The hearing on the appeal started at the four-member SC bench headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha with submission of the defense lawyers. During his submission, defense counsel Advocate SM Shahjahan placed papers on deposition and cross-examination of prosecution witness number 12, 13, 14, 18, 22, and 34 in connection with the killing of Principal Nutun Chandra Singha, mass killing at Jagotmallapara and killing of four people at Banikpara. Attorney General Mahbubey Alam was present at the court on behalf of the state. Earlier on October 29 in 2013, defense lawyer Advocate Joynal Abedin filed the appeal with the AD of the SC against the tribunal's verdict awarding death sentence to Salahuddin. Another defense counsel Advocate Khandoker Mahbub Hossain said, "The appeal was filed demanding exemption of Salahuddin from the charges for which the tribunal handed him down the death sentence." Attorney General Mahbubey Alam, however, said, "No appeal was filed from the state side. But, we will submit our arguments before the apex court in favour of the death sentence given by the tribunal during the submission of the defense."