Staff Reporter :
Captain Abdul Majed, convicted killer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has filed a mercy petition on Wednesday against his death sentence.
“We will send the mercy petition to the President on Thursday to the President seeking clemency,” said Mahbubul Islam, jailor of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj.
A Dhaka Court on Wednesday issued death warrant for Captain Abdul Majed in connection with the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members.
Judge Md Helal Chowdhury of District and Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka issued the order after the prosecution submitted two separate petitions — one for showing him arrested and the other for issuing the death warrant.
Captain Abdul Majed, convicted killer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has filed a mercy petition on Wednesday against his death sentence.
“We will send the mercy petition to the President on Thursday to the President seeking clemency,” said Mahbubul Islam, jailor of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj.
A Dhaka Court on Wednesday issued death warrant for Captain Abdul Majed in connection with the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members.
Judge Md Helal Chowdhury of District and Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka issued the order after the prosecution submitted two separate petitions — one for showing him arrested and the other for issuing the death warrant.
At first, the court showed Majed arrested in the case
as he had been absconding since the case was filed in 1996.
Later, the judge issued the death warrant and also read it out to Majed, who was present on the dock.
During the hearing, Majed told the court that he was not involved with the murder.
Later, the judge issued the death warrant and also read it out to Majed, who was present on the dock.
During the hearing, Majed told the court that he was not involved with the murder.
