The mercy petitions filed by six kingpins of banned Islamist outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh are likely to be sent to the president, Iajuddin Ahmed, on Wednesday or Thursday.| Who will think about it for a day or two and then authorize their hanging ... |
Execution of the militants will not be possible on the primary date (February 17) fixed by the prison authorities. ‘Fixing a primary date is a practice,’ said brigadier general Zakir Hasan, inspector general of prison, adding, ‘There is no chance of hanging them on the date fixed primarily. He said another date will be fixed when ‘we will receive the decision of the president on the mercy petitions.’
‘A fresh 28-day countdown will start from the day the documents are returned to us,’ Zakir said.
| "We just sorta wing it." |
The chief of the Islamist outfit, Shaikh Abdur Rahman, his second-in-command, Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai, RahmanÂ’s brother and the outfitÂ’s military wing commander Ataur Rahman Sunny, RahmanÂ’s son-in-law Abdul Awal, its Majlis-e-Shura member Khaled Saifullah and suicide squad member Iftekhar Mamun have been sentenced to death for bombing to death two judges in Jhalakati.
In their petitions, they did not follow the normal procedure and used jihadi language and spirit. Although their families are desperate to save their lives, the top militants seem somewhat defiant as they have declared in the petitions that on one but Allah can grant mercy.
| And I wouldn't count on him. I sure hope these boys go the gallows with jihaid words on their lips ... |