DHAKA: In the latest development, the execution of Jamaat leader Quader Mollah, convicted in war crime cases, has been halted till Wednesday morning.
Supreme Court Chamber Judge Syed Mahmud Hossain passed the stay order on Tuesday night.
As per the order, the sentence has been stayed until 10:30am Wednesday.
Barrister Abdur Razzak confirmed the matter to banglanews after coming out of the house of Justice Mahmud Hossain.
Quader Mollah’s counsel Advocate Farid Uddin and Nazim Momen have already reached the jail gate with the stay order.
Before that, Mollah’s lawyers rushed to Chamber Judge Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain house at Kakrail to move a petition seeking stay on the process of Mollah’s execution at 8:30pm.
Earlier in the day, State Minister for Home Affairs Advocate Shamsul Haque Tuku on Tuesday categorically said Jamaat leader Quader Mollah, convicted in war crimes cases, would be executed in “tonight”.
The minister came up with the assertion while talking to journalists at the residence of State Minister for Law Advocate Quamrul Islam at Minto Road in the city in the evening.
Meanwhile, the tight security measures were taken across the country.
Earlier in the day, family members of Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah, convicted in war crimes cases, visited him for the last on Tuesday evening.
Hasan Jamil, son of Quader Mollah told banglanews said he along with other family members—his two brothers, two sisters, mother and maternal uncle—met him (Mollah) at Dhaka Central Jail around 7:00pm.
“It would be the last meet with his father,” he earlier said.
The authorities concerned of the jail them to see him within 8:00pm on Tuesday.
Quader Mollah’s Counsel Shisir Mohammad Munir confirmed the matter to banglanews.
Allude to Quader Mollah would be the first war crimes convicted who would walk in gallows for his involvement in crimes against humanity during Liberation War in 1971.
On Sunday, International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) issued death warrant and sent it to the jail authority
BDST: 2318 HRS, DEC 10, 2013
