President Abdul Hamid has rejected the mercy petition filed by Abdul Majed, a former army officer and one of the murders of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
Md Shahiduzzaman, secretary for the Security Services Division of the Home Ministry, confirmed the matter to Dhaka Tribune on Thursday.
On Wednesday, a Dhaka court issued a death warrant for Majed as he has been condemned in the Bangabandhu murder case.
As per law, the countdown to execute Majed’s death sentence has begun following the issuance of the warrant.
Dhaka District and Sessions Judge Md Helal Chowdhury issued the warrant and read it out to Majed after he was produced in court.
The death warrant, wrapped in a red cloth has been sent to the Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj where Majed is kept in solitary confinement, designated for convicts condemned to death.
On Tuesday, Abdul Majed was sent to Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj after being produced before the court of Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate AM Zulfikar Hayat.
No lawyer appeared to defend Majed when Sub-Inspector Anisur Rahman prayed for detaining him in jail as he was shown arrested in the Bangabandhu murder case.
On Monday night, a team from Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of police arrested Majed from Dhaka’s Mirpur Cantonment area.
On November 19, 2009, the Supreme Court upheld a High Court verdict that awarded capital punishment to 12 killers for killing Bangabandhu and most of his family members in a coup on August 15, 1975.
