Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, who has exhausted all options in court to overturn his death sentence, has sought time to decide about begging mercy from the president.
Inspector General of Prisons Syed Iftekhar Uddin told bdnews24.com that the Jamaat-e-Islami leader's lawyers would meet him on Thursday.
According to agencies, Dhaka Central Jail authorities have read out Monday's final verdict by the top appeals court to war criminal and death row convict Mohammad Kamaruzzaman.
Earlier, Dhaka Central Jail authorities Wednesday afternoon received the copy of the Supreme Court verdict rejecting the review plea sought by condemned convict Kamaruzzaman.
International Crimes Tribunal's deputy registrar Akhtaruzzaman carried the Supreme Court verdict to the jail authorities.
He also sent the copy of the SC verdict to the Dhaka District Magistrate, Home Ministry, Law Ministry, Attorney General and counsel for M Kamruzzaman.
Sources at the central jail said the copy of the judgment was received at the jail gate at about 5:45 Pm.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday rejected Jamaat senior assistant secretary general M Kamaruzzaman's review petition against its previous verdict upholding the death penalty handed down by the International Crimes Tribunal-2 for his war crimes.
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