The jail authority read out the full verdict of the Supreme Court that rejected the review petition of condemned war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami before him this night at Dhaka Central Jail.

 

According to the jail sources, DIG (Prisons) Golam Haider, Senior Jail Super of the Dhaka Central Jail Jahangir Kabir, jailer Nesar Alam and deputy jailer Lavlu Miah entered the condemned cell of the jail, where Nizami has been kept, around 7:30pm with a copy of the verdict and Jahangir Kabir read out the verdict to Nizami.

 

Earlier, the full verdict of the Supreme Court reached the Dhaka Central Jail in the evening.

 

Senior Jail Super Jahangir Kabir of the Dhaka Central Jail received the copy of the verdict sent from the International Crimes Tribunal around 7:05 pm.

 

Earlier on Sunday night, Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Matiur Rahman Nizami was shifted to Dhaka Central Jail from Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur.

 

On last Thursday, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court rejected the petition of Nizami seeking review of its earlier verdict upholding the death penalty awarded by the International Crimes Tribunal.

On March 15, the ICT issued a death warrant for Nizami for his crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971 after the apex court released the full text of its verdict upholding his death penalty.

On January 6, a four-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by the Chief Justice, upheld the death sentence of the Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer.