Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Bangladesh: Jamaat-e Islami ameer Nizami hanged for war crimes

Nizami was convicted of crimes including the killing of over 450 people alone in his own village at Santhia in Pabna during the War of Liberation in 1971.

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By AFP / ET | May 10, 2016

Dhaka: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami chief Matiur Rahman Nizami has been hanged inside the Dhaka Central Jail after he was found guilty of genocide by International Crimes Tribunal.

The Jamaat ameer was hanged at 12:01am on Wednesday.

Nizami, 73, was convicted of crimes including the killing of over 450 people alone in his own village at Santhia in Pabna during the War of Liberation in 1971.

He had refused to seek clemency from President Md Abdul Hamid after rejection of his review petition against his death sentence by the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court.

Nizami was the most senior figure in Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, an Islamist party.

Execution of the his death sentence was carried out by hanging a rope around his neck just after Tuesday midnight. After confirmation of death by the civil surgeon, the body of the convict was formally handed over to their family members for burial in his village home at Manmathpur in Pabna district.

Dhaka District Civil Surgeon Dr Abdul Malek Mridha was present inside the jail along with Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Salahuddin and senior other officials concerned during the execution of Nizami's death sentence.

Dhaka Central Jail Mosque Imam Monir Hossain read out 'tauba' to Nizami after he (Nizami) completed his bath and ablution.

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