Nizami shifted to Dhaka jail
Death row war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami has been shifted to Dhaka Central Jail from a Kashimpur jail in Gazipur.
The war criminal Nizami was brought to Dhaka guarded by a large number of law enforcers from Kashimpur Central Jail-2 in Gazipur around 11:50pm, Jahangir Kabir, senior jail super of Dhaka Central Jail told The Daily Star.
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The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the Jamaat-e-Islami chief's petition for reviewing its verdict that upheld his death penalty awarded by the International Crimes Tribunal-1 in 2014.
The copies of the verdict will be sent to the jail authorities and the district magistrate in Dhaka.
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The jail authorities will then ask the condemned war criminal if he would seek presidential clemency within a "reasonable time".
If he refrains from seeking clemency, the jail authorities would take preparations for his execution.
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