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Family meets death row convict Mufti Hannan

The family members of death row convict Huji chief Mufti Abdul Hannan met him at Kashimpur Central Jail on Wednesday morning.

Confirming the matter to the reporters, Mizanur Rahman, senior jail super of Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur, said that “Hannan’s wife, two daughters and elder brother reached the jail gate around 6.30am”.

The jail authority asked the family members of Hannan and another militant, both condemned for the 2004 grenade attack on the then UK High Commissioner Anwar Choudhury in Sylhet, to meet them at the jail on Tuesday.

However, the authorities of the jails have completed all preparations to execute the death row convicts after receiving an execution order from the home ministry on Monday.

As per the jail code, the jail authorities can execute death sentences between 21st and 28th day from the date of issuance of death warrants.

Three people were killed and some 70 others, including Anwar Choudhury, injured in the May 21, 2004 grenade attack at Shahjalal Shrine in Sylhet after the Juma prayers.

The Bangladesh-born British diplomat suffered minor leg injuries barely 18 days into his new assignment.