The family members of death-row convict war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami met him at the Kashimpur jail in Gazipur on Thursday, only a couple of days before the deadline for filing a review petition expires.
Nizami's wife Begum Shamsunnahar Nizami, sons Nazib Momen alias Nazibur Rahman and Naimur Rahman, and daughters-in-law Saleya and Raiyan went to the jail and stayed there for around 45 minutes.
They talked about family matters and regarding filing of the review petition, Jailer Nasir Ahmed said.
The death penalty of Jamaat-e-Islami chief Nizami, one of the top collaborators of the Pakistani occupation forces in 1971, was upheld by the apex court on January 6 on charges of masterminding the killing of intellectuals and for his involvement in two incidents of mass killings of over 500 people in Pabna in 1971.
The court published the full text of the verdict on March 15, and the same day the International Crimes Tribunal issued the death warrant for Nizami. According to the rules, the convict gets 15 days from receiving a copy of the full verdict to file the review petition.
If the petition is rejected, the war criminal would be able to seek the president's mercy admitting his crimes, or the jail authorities would execute the convict as per the tribunal's verdict.
Earlier, Nazib Momen and two lawyers of Nizami met him at the jail on March 16.
A former minister during the 2001-06 tenure, Nizami has never repented for the cold-blooded atrocities Jamaat and Islami Chhatra Sangha had committed during the Liberation War.