LIVE: EXECUTION TIMELINE

1:00am: Leaders and activists of Gonojagoron Mancha and freedom fighters waiting outside the Dhaka jail cheer after hearing news of the execution of war criminals Mojaheed and SQ Chowdhury.

12:55am: War criminals Mojaheed and SQ Chowdhury have been executed, Inspector General (IG) of Prisons Brig Gen Syed Iftekhar Uddin says.

12:43am: The first dead body will be going to Chittagong escorted by two police vans and two Rab cars, says SP Foyzur Rahman of Lalbagh zone.

12:33am: Four ambulances enter the Dhaka Central Jail. 

12:18am: Family members of Mojaheed come out of Dhaka Central Jail after over an hour of staying inside.

12:15am: Tense wait outside Dhaka Central Jail. Everyone held their breath when the clock struck 12:01am.

11:15pm: Inspector General of Prisons Brig Gen Syed Iftekhar Uddin comes out of Dhaka Central Jail.

11:00pm: Dhaka Central Jail Jame-Mosque Imam Monir Hossain enters the prison.

10:58pm: 25 family members of Mojaheed enter Dhaka Central jail to meet him.

10:56pm: Coming out of jail, SQ Chowdhury’s son Hummam Quader Chowdhury tells reporters his father did not file any mercy petition.

10:50pm:  Family members of SQ Chowdhury come out of jail more than an hour after they went in.

10:43pm: Dhaka Central Jail Jame-Mosque Imam Monir Hossain enters the prison.

10:32pm: Tense atmosphere around Dhaka Central Jail; now brimming with cops, Rab members, along with journalists and media personnel.

10:26pm: Around eight family members of Mojaheed reach Dhaka Central Jail.

10:21pm: Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Tofazzal Hossain Mia enters Dhaka Central Jail. 

10:17pm: Inspector General of Prisons Brig Gen Syed Iftekhar Uddin enters Dhaka Central Jail.

9:53pm: Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan confirms that the President has rejected the mercy petitions by Mojaheed, SQ Chowdhury.

9:30pm: Civil surgeon Abdul Maleque Mridha enters the Dhaka Central Jail, where Mojaheed and SQ Chowdhury await execution.

9:29pm: 17 family members of SQ Chowdhury begin entering Dhaka Central jail.

9:17pm: 20 members of SQ Chowdhury’s family sitting in the waiting room of Dhaka Central jail to meet him.

9:03pm: SQ Chowdhury’s family reaches Dhaka Central jail to meet him. 

8:49pm: Copy of mercy petitions reaches Bangabhaban for President’s consideration.

8:34pm: Lawyers of Mojaheed and SQ Chowdhury said that jail authorities asked family members of Mojaheed and SQ Chowdhury to meet them at jail.

Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed (left) and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury (right).

8:00pm: Additional IGP (Prisons) Colonel Fazlul Kabir enters Dhaka Central Jail.

7:41pm: Road leading to Chawkbazar from jail gate have been closed down.

7:32pm: Adjacent shops and establishments to Dhaka Central Jail premise are asked to be closed and people to move around by the jail authorities within 8:00pm.

7:25pm: Law Minister Anisul Huq at a press briefing at Gulshan office says mercy petitions have been sent to the President.

6:30pm: Border Guard Bangladesh members are deployed in Dhaka and Chittagong.

5:00pm: The petitions, labeled “Appeal for mercy” on top are sent to the Prime Minister’s Office after viewed by Law Minister Anisul Huq.

4:39pm: SQ Chowdhury’s son Fazlul Quader Chowdhury Faiyaz issues letter to the President.

2:30pm: “Appeal for mercy”, the petitions, the last hope for the two top war criminals, reach the desk of Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, he says.

10:00am: The magistrates of Dhaka district administration enter Dhaka Central Jail to know whether condemned Mojaheed and SQ Chowdhury will seek presidential clemency.