Huji militant chief Hannan, 2 aides HANGED
TIMELINE
12:05 am (April 13): Two ambulances carrying bodies of Hannan and Bipul leave for their homes in Gopalganj and Chandpur.
10:45pm: An ambulance carrying Ripon’s body leaves for Kulaura in Moulvibazar.
10:00pm: Mufti Abdul Hannan, chief of banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islam Bangladesh (Huji), and his aide Sharif Shahedul Alam Bipul are EXECUTED at Kashimpur High Security Prison in Gazipur, while another accomplice Delwar Hossain alias Ripon at Sylhet Central Jail.
9:34pm: Gazipur Deputy Commissioner SM Alam and Civil Surgeon Dr Syed Md Manzurul Haque enter Kashimpur jail.
7:57pm: Inspector General (prison) Brigadier General Syed Iftekhar Uddin enters Kashimpur jail.
7:33pm: Addition Inspector General-prison Iqbal Hossain enters Kashimpur jail.
6:45pm: Two microbuses carrying family members of Delwar Hossain alias Ripon enter Sylhet Central Jail Senior Jail Super Sagir Mian.
6:37pm: Deputy Inspector General-Prisons Touhidul Islam enters Kashimpur jail.
6:30pm: Two ambulances enter the Kahsimpur jail.
3:30pm- Police set up a road barricade at a point 300 meters away from the jail gate. All vehicular movement in and around the jail have been stopped.
2:00pm- Two brothers of Mufti Hannan – Md Mohidul and Md Anis, both in jail serving lifetime imprisonment - meet him in jail.
7:45am: Hannan’s wife, two daughters and elder brother meet him in the jail.
7:00am: Hannan’s wife, two daughters and elder brother reach the jail gate as per jail authorities’ yesterday’s instruction.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Bangladesh today executed a top Islamist militant leader Mufti Abdul Hannan and his two associates for 2004 grenade attack on the then UK High Commissioner Anwar Choudhury.
Hannan, chief of banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islam Bangladesh (Huji), and his aide Sharif Shahedul Alam Bipul were hanged at Kashimpur High Security Prison in Gazipur around 10:00pm, Inspector General of Prisons Brig Gen Syed Iftekhar Uddin confirmed The Daily Star.
The other Huji militant Delwar Hossain alias Ripon was also executed at Sylhet Central Jail around 10:00pm, he added.
Three people were killed and some 70 others, including Anwar Choudhury, were injured in the grenade attack at the shrine of Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) in Sylhet after the Juma prayers on May 21, 2004.
The Bangladesh-born British diplomat suffered minor leg injuries barely 18 days into his new assignment.
The Sylhet Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal awarded death sentence to the trio on December 23 in 2008 in connection with the case.
The tribunal also awarded life terms to two other accused in the case-- Hannan's brother Muhibullah alias Muhibur Rahman alias Ovi and Mufti Main Uddin alias Abu Zandal.
On December 7 last year, the Supreme Court upheld the death penalties for the Huji militants.
After the three condemned militants filed mercy petitions, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday told reporters that the president rejected them.
Last Moments of Executions
The authorities this evening beefed up security in and around the Kashimpur jail, where condemned Huji militant Sharif Shahedul Alam Bipul was kept with Hannan.
Nearby roads have been made off-limit for commoners and business establishments within 500 yards of the jail were kept shut down since the evening.
Two ambulances were seen entering the jail around 6:30pm.
Deputy Inspector General-Prisons Touhidul Islam and Addition Inspector General-prison Iqbal Hossain entered the jail 6:37pm and 7:33pm respectively.
Meanwhile, the family members of Delwar Hossain alias Ripon, the other condemned Huji militant, entered Sylhet Central Jail around 6:45pm to meet him, reports our Sylhet correspondent quoting Senior Jail Super Sagir Mian.
Earlier in the morning, family members of Hannan met him at Kashimpur Central Jail. Hannan’s wife, two daughters and elder brother met him in the jail around 7:45am.
Ripon’s family members also met him at the Sylhet jail yesterday.
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