Nizami shifted to Dhaka jail

Condemned war crimes convict Jamaat-e-Islami amir Motiur Rahman Nizami was shifted to Dhaka Central Jail from Kashimpur jail in Gazipur on Sunday night.

Motiur Rahman Nizami. — New Age photo

Law enforcers along with Nizami started for the capital from Kashimpur Central Jail part-2 at about 10:30pm, said Dhaka Central Jail jailer Nesar Alam, reports United News of Bangladesh.
They reached the Dhaka Central Jail at about 11:55pm, Nesar added.
Earlier on May 5, the Appellate Division rejected Nizami’s petition for a review of its earlier verdict upholding the death penalty handed down to Nizami by the International Crimes Tribunal.
On March 15, the tribunal issued a death warrant for Nizami for his crimes against humanity, genocide and murder of intellectuals, committed during the Liberation War in 1971 after the apex court released the full text of its verdict upholding the death penalty.
On January 6, a four-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by the chief justice, upheld the death sentence of Nizami.
The apex court upheld his death penalty on three of the four counts of charges while he was acquitted on the rest one.
On October 29, 2014, the tribunal sentenced Nizami to death.

News COurtesy: www.newagebd.net