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Death row convict Kamaruzzaman transferred to Dhaka jail

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ANI Dhaka
Last Updated : Nov 04 2014 | 5:00 PM IST

Convicted war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman was transferred to the Dhaka central jail from the Kashimpur Jail in Gazipur today, a day after the Supreme Court had upheld his death penalty.

He was transferred to the Dhaka around 2:10pm today, Farman Ali, senior jail superintendent of the Dhaka Central Jail, told The Daily Star.

The apex court verdict has paved the way for execution of the Jamaat leader, a key organiser of the infamous Al-Badr Bahini responsible for abducting, torturing and killing freedom fighters, intellectuals and pro-liberation people in 1971.

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First Published: Nov 04 2014 | 4:45 PM IST

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