Bangabandhu's killer Majed hanged in Dhaka

Abdul Majed, one of the convicted killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has been executed by hanging.

He was hanged at the Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj at 12:01am on Sunday.

Dhaka Central Jail Jailer Mahabubul Islam confirmed the matter to risingbd. 

He said, the authorities executed him. The body will be handed over to his families after completing autopsy.

Earlier on Thursday (April 9), President Abdul Hamid rejected Majed's mercy petition.

District and Sessions Judge's Court of Dhaka issued a death warrant for Majed, who was arrested from Mirpur on April 7.

On April 8, Majed filed a mercy petition to the president, seeking clemency.

The Supreme Court on November 19, 2009, upheld the death sentences of Abdul Majed and 11 other self-confessed killers of Bangabandhu. Of them, five were executed on January 27, 2010.

Six other convicts including Abdul Majed remained at large. Another condemned killer died in Zimbabwe in June, 2001.


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