Published : 08 Apr 2015, 10:26 PM
Updated : 23 Apr 2022, 12:34 PM
Inspector General of Prisons Syed Iftekhar Uddin told bdnews24.com that the Jamaat-e-Islami leader’s lawyers would meet him on Thursday.
Kamaruzzaman was sentenced to death for his atrocities during Bangladesh’s Liberation War.
The Appellate Division upheld the sentence describing his crimes “worse than Nazis”.
Chief Justice SK Sinha-led bench last Monday rejected his plea to review the penalty the top court had handed him.
It depends on the president whether or not to show mercy to the war criminal.
However, the death-row convict will have to admit to his crimes in soliciting mercy from the head of the state.
Once the matter is resolved or if the convict does not seek presidential clemency, the government will go ahead with the execution.
IG Iftekhar Uddin said, “He (Kamaruzzaman) has sought time and will decide about seeking presidential mercy after speaking to his lawyers tomorrow (Thursday).”
The judgment dismissing the plea for review has been read out to Kamaruzzaman.
His lawyer Shishir Monir told bdnews24.com, “Five of us will go to jail at 11am tomorrow to meet him.
“There may be talks on issues other than seeking [presidential] mercy.”
