All set to send Nizami to gallows

Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Tuesday night said Jamaat-e-Islami chief Matiur Rahman Nizami will be executed tonight.

The home minister confirmed this to Prothom Alo at 10:15pm tonight (Tuesday).

The central jail sources said all preparations have been taken for Nizami’s execution.

The jail authorities visited the gallows on Tuesday afternoon.

The central jail officials said civil surgeon Abdul Maleq Mridha entered the jail around 9:50pm.

Earlier, about 25 members of the family, including Nizami’s wife Samsunnahar, two sons Najibur Rahman and Naimur Rahman and three daughters-in-laws Subarna, Raiyan and Falua, reached the jail gate around 7:55pm.

The jail authorities allowed the family members to meet Nizami following a petition filed by them earlier, jail officials said.

The roads nearby the central jail have been made off-limit to traffic and security has been beefed up in and around the jail.