Staff Reporter :
The jail authorities are ready to execute convicted militant leader Mufti Abdul Hannan, said Inspector General (IG) of Prisons Brigadier General Syed Iftekhar Uddin.
“The copy of the Supreme Court verdict that upheld Mufti Hannan’s death penalty has been sent to the Sylhet court. It will also be sent to the Kashimpur jail. The execution procedure will start once the verdict copies reach both the places,” said the IG Prisons in response to journalists’ query during a press briefing on Wednesday.
He, however, did not disclose the name of the jail for security reason where the convict would be hanged.
On the other hand, the Huji leader Mufti Hannan will seek presidential
clemency and he informed it to the Kashimpur Jail authorities when the full verdict was read out to him around 10:30am on Wednesday, said Mizanur Rahman, Kashimpur Jail Superintendent.
“Hannan has told us that he will file the petition seeking presidential clemency with due process through his lawyer,” the jail super said.
Another death-row convict Sharif Shahedul Alam, Hannan’s aide, would also seek clemency, he added.
Mufti Hannan and his cohort Sharif Shahedul Alam sought time for taking decision whether to seek the presidential clemency.
The Supreme Court on March 19 upheld the death penalties High court handed down to Mufti Abdul Hannan and two other HujiB men for the grenade attack on Hazrat Shahjalal shrine on May 21 in 2004.
On February 23, Mufti Hannan filed the petition with the Supreme Court seeking review of an Appellate Division verdict that upheld his death sentence for the murder attempt on former British High Commissioner Anwar Choudhury.
Militants tried to assassinate Anwar, the then British High Commissioner in Bangladesh near the shrine of Hazrat Shahjalal in Sylhet on May 21, 2004. Three people were killed in the attack which left over 70 others injured, but the High Commissioner escaped.
In December 2008, a Sylhet court sentenced the trio to death, and two others to life imprisonment for the attack. The High Court upheld the sentence in February last year.
A Sylhet court in December 2008 sentenced the trio to death and two others to life-time imprisonment for their roles in the attack. The High Court upheld the sentences in February 2016.
The same month, the death-row convicts appealed to the Appellate Division ,but to no avail. Their review petitions filed challenging the Appellate Division verdict were also rejected.
Hannan was also sentenced to death for the 2001 Ramna Batamul bombing, in which 10 people were killed.
Later, two cases one for murder and another under the Explosive Act were filed in connection with the grenade attack.
After investigation into the case, charges were framed against four persons, including Mufti Hannan, on 31 July 2007.
The jail authorities are ready to execute convicted militant leader Mufti Abdul Hannan, said Inspector General (IG) of Prisons Brigadier General Syed Iftekhar Uddin.
“The copy of the Supreme Court verdict that upheld Mufti Hannan’s death penalty has been sent to the Sylhet court. It will also be sent to the Kashimpur jail. The execution procedure will start once the verdict copies reach both the places,” said the IG Prisons in response to journalists’ query during a press briefing on Wednesday.
He, however, did not disclose the name of the jail for security reason where the convict would be hanged.
On the other hand, the Huji leader Mufti Hannan will seek presidential
clemency and he informed it to the Kashimpur Jail authorities when the full verdict was read out to him around 10:30am on Wednesday, said Mizanur Rahman, Kashimpur Jail Superintendent.
“Hannan has told us that he will file the petition seeking presidential clemency with due process through his lawyer,” the jail super said.
Another death-row convict Sharif Shahedul Alam, Hannan’s aide, would also seek clemency, he added.
Mufti Hannan and his cohort Sharif Shahedul Alam sought time for taking decision whether to seek the presidential clemency.
The Supreme Court on March 19 upheld the death penalties High court handed down to Mufti Abdul Hannan and two other HujiB men for the grenade attack on Hazrat Shahjalal shrine on May 21 in 2004.
On February 23, Mufti Hannan filed the petition with the Supreme Court seeking review of an Appellate Division verdict that upheld his death sentence for the murder attempt on former British High Commissioner Anwar Choudhury.
Militants tried to assassinate Anwar, the then British High Commissioner in Bangladesh near the shrine of Hazrat Shahjalal in Sylhet on May 21, 2004. Three people were killed in the attack which left over 70 others injured, but the High Commissioner escaped.
In December 2008, a Sylhet court sentenced the trio to death, and two others to life imprisonment for the attack. The High Court upheld the sentence in February last year.
A Sylhet court in December 2008 sentenced the trio to death and two others to life-time imprisonment for their roles in the attack. The High Court upheld the sentences in February 2016.
The same month, the death-row convicts appealed to the Appellate Division ,but to no avail. Their review petitions filed challenging the Appellate Division verdict were also rejected.
Hannan was also sentenced to death for the 2001 Ramna Batamul bombing, in which 10 people were killed.
Later, two cases one for murder and another under the Explosive Act were filed in connection with the grenade attack.
After investigation into the case, charges were framed against four persons, including Mufti Hannan, on 31 July 2007.
