Inspector General of Prisons brigadier general Iftekhar Uddin on Wednesday said death-row convict Mir Quasem Ali will get reasonable time for seeking presidential clemency.
“We’ve asked Mir Quasem whether he’ll seek presidential mercy and in reply he sought time to think about it. We’ll give him reasonable time but not more than seven days,” said the IG (Prisons) while talking to reporters at the Department of Prisons in city.
The verdict copy has been sent to Kashimpur Jail on Tuesday night and the jail authorities read out the copy to Quasem Ali around 7:30am on Wednesday morning, he said.
UNB news agency reports that already some family members of the condemned Jamaat-e-Islami leader met him at the jail, he added.
Replying to a question, Iftekhar Uddin said necessary steps about executing the verdict will be taken as per the jail code after knowing the decision of Quasem Ali about presidential mercy.
Responding to another question in which jail the verdict will be executed, the IG (Prisons) said no decision has been taken yet about it.
