Bangabandhu's killer Majed likely to be hanged tonight

Abdul Majed, one of the convicted killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, is likely to be executed tonight as all the procedures to hang him have been completed.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal told risingbd on Saturday (April 11) afternoon that: "Abdul Majed is likely to be hanged tonight as there is no legal bar to execute him. Wait to see."

Earlier on Thursday (April 9), President Abdul Hamid rejected Majed's mercy petition.

District and Sessions Judge's Court of Dhaka issued a death warrant for Majed, who was arrested from Mirpur on April 7.

On April 8, Majed filed a mercy petition to the president, seeking clemency.

The Supreme Court on November 19, 2009, upheld the death sentences of Abdul Majed and 11 other self-confessed killers of Bangabandhu. Of them, five were executed on January 27, 2010.

Six other convicts including Abdul Majed remained at large. Another condemned killer died in Zimbabwe in June, 2001.

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