Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s convicted killer sacked military captain Abdul Majed was hanged after midnight overnight at Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj on the outskirts of the capital.
“He was hanged at 12.01 am,” Law Minister Anisul Huq told BSS.
A prison official said the civil surgeon declared Majed dead at 12.15 am.
He said other concerned officials including a magistrate, police representatives witnessed the execution as required by the law while inspector general of prisons Brigadier General AKM Mostafa Kamal Pasha also was present.
Pasha in a media briefing later in front of the jail complex said the body would now be handed over to Majed’s family members for burial.
“Officials concerned who were necessary to witness the execution under law were present,” he said, adding that this was the first case of the execution since Dhaka Central Jail was relocated in Keraniganj.
Majed was one of the remaining convicts of 1975 carnage when Bangabandhu was killed along with most of his family members and several others.
The execution took place a day after Majed’s wife and four other relatives met him at the jail.
President Abdul Hamid rejected Majed’s mercy petition three days ago, clearing ways for his execution hours after Majed sought clemency as the last ditch efforts to save his neck.
Jailor Mahbubul Islam later told BSS that the officials present included Dhaka’s deputy commissioner who is the district magistrate as well, police superintendent, the civil surgeon and the deputy inspector general of prisons.
Defying a COVID-19 restriction, a number of people emerged in front of the jail at midnight.
