Staff Reporter :The death-row convict Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali will not seek presidential clemency. Inspector General (IG) of Prisons Brigadier General Syed Iftekhar Uddin confirmed the report on Friday. Proshanto Kumar Banik, Kashimpur Jail Superintendent said, “Mir Quasem told us that he would not seek the presidential clemency.” He said that Mir Quasem had informed the jail super about his decision when the official approached him to know his decision. Attorney General Mahbubey Alam on Friday said, there is no legal bar to execute the verdict as the death row convict Mir Quasem Ali will not seek presidential clemency. “The government can take preparation to execute the death penalty,” he said. Now, no legal procedure is left out before executing the death penalty which the International Crimes Tribunal awarded him for the crimes committed against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. Earlier, the family members of Mir Quasem Ali told media after meeting with him at Kashimpur that Mir Quasem Ali would take decision about seeking clemency after return of his missing son. The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court rejected his review petition and upheld the death penalty on August 30. The jail authority have completed all procedures to execute the verdict at the Kahsimpur Prison in Gazipur. The jail authority has already taken some steps to hang him after the high command gives signals. They have prepared the hanging alter, rope and the man who assists the hanging procedures. Jallad Shahjahan, Raju and Paltu Jallad have been readied. They also attended the hanging procedure of Motiur Rahman Nizami, Abdul Kader Mollah, Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid, and Salahuddin Kader Chowdhury.
