The family members of death-row convict war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury have met him at the Dhaka Central Jail.
Around nine members of Salauddin's family, including his wife and two of their sons, entered the jail around 12:30pm and left the around 1:30pm Thursday.
Photo: Mahmud Hossain Opu
Salauddin's lawyer Hujjatul Islam Khan Alfesani told the Dhaka Tribune: “Four vehicles carrying 14 members of Salauddin's family arrived at the jail gate around 12:25pm.”
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He said the family members had sought permission for 15 members but only 14 of them arrived at the jail.
The lawyer said: “Out of them, only nine were allowed to meet Salauddin as the names of five others did not match with the names provided earlier."
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On Wednesday, the Supreme Court upheld its previous verdict on BNP leader Salauddin, rejecting his plea for reviewing death penalty for his crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
The BNP leader was awarded death penalty by the International Crimes Tribunal on October 1, 2013 for committing crimes against humanity in Chittagong area during the 1971 War of Independence.
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The Appellate Division upheld the maximum punishment for the former MP from Chittagong’s Raozan on July 29 this year.
He was arrested on December 16, 2010, and shown arrested in war crimes case on December 19 the same year. The tribunal indicted him on April 4, 2012.
