Death warrants against convicts on January 3
Friday, 1 January 2010
Dhaka District and Sessions Judge will issue death warrants on January 3, the very day the subordinate court reopens, against all the twelve condemned convicts in the Bangabandhu murder case, reports UNB.
Law Minister Shafique Ahmed disclosed the decision on the issuance of death warrants against the condemned ex-army officers after an in-house meeting that was attended by the state minister for law and the attorney general at the law ministry.
Barrister Shafique told the media that the government took the stand in exercise of its executive power.
"The question of interference into the judiciary in this regard does not arise as the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court meanwhile has delivered the conclusive judgment, reaffirming the death sentence on the 12 ex-army officers for assassinating Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members on August 15, 1975," he said.
Law Minister Shafique Ahmed disclosed the decision on the issuance of death warrants against the condemned ex-army officers after an in-house meeting that was attended by the state minister for law and the attorney general at the law ministry.
Barrister Shafique told the media that the government took the stand in exercise of its executive power.
"The question of interference into the judiciary in this regard does not arise as the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court meanwhile has delivered the conclusive judgment, reaffirming the death sentence on the 12 ex-army officers for assassinating Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members on August 15, 1975," he said.