Lawyers seek permission to see death-row convict Jamaat leader Mujahid

Lawyers for Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid, whose appeal against death sentence was turned down by the Supreme Court recently, have sought permission to see him in jail.

They applied to the jail authorities on Friday afternoon for the permission to meet him anytime on Saturday.

They jail authorities, however, did not make any decision on the application until Friday night.

Dhaka Central Jail Senior Superintendent Farman Ali told bdnews24.com the lawyers met him on Friday afternoon and submitted the application.

He said no time had been fixed for the meeting.

“Maximum five people will be allowed to see him. They will be informed of the decision (on the application) and (meeting) time later,” he said.

Mujahid failed to get a reprieve from the Supreme Court as it upheld last Tuesday the death sentence that the International Crimes Tribunal awarded to him for crimes against humanity in 1971.

The 67-year old was the former commander of Al-Badr, the militia raised by Pakistan to crush the Bengali struggle for independence.