Prison told to prepare for Kamaruzzaman hanging: Law Minister

Law Minister Anisul Huq says he has told authorities at Dhaka Central Jail to prepare for war criminal Mohammad Kamaruzzaman’s execution.

The Jamaat-e-Islami leader will, however, get the time to seek pardon from the president, he told reporters at a press briefing on Wednesday evening.

On Monday, death sentence for Kamaruzzaman was upheld by the Supreme Court in the final judgment of his appeal against the verdict ordered by the International Crimes Tribunal-2 last year.“There might be questions around a review of the verdict. Death sentence for a case like this has already been carried out. The Appellate Division had rejected that review.

“It is hereby dismissed, it was said in that order,” said Huq, about the step by war criminal Abdul Quader Molla’s defence before his execution on Dec 12 last year.

“So we can take into account that there is a precedence for rejection of review petition by the honourable Appellate Division.”

Asked whether there was a need for a full verdict before an execution, he said, “There is no mention of a full verdict anywhere… if you abide by the jail code or not.

“What’s mentioned is a short order. A short order is what authorises it.”

Adopted from bdnews24.com