Khulna Jail
19 prisoners of death penalty counting days
The district jail has 19 prisoners of death penalty in five condemned cells.
The prisoners include two operatives of outlawed Islamist outfit JMB and 15 outlaws.
Six well equipped jail guards are doing round-the-clock duty in front of the condemned cells where these 19 prisoners are counting their days, said Khulna jail superintendent Shah Alam Khan.
The prisoners carrying death penalty in connection with murder cases are (1) Motaleb Sheikh of Shovna under Dumuria upazila (2) Arzan Sarder of Batiaghata upazila (3) Md Jamil Sheikh of Bunarabad of Batiaghata upazila (4) Sheikh Akram Hossain of Bunarabad under the same upazila (5) Noor Alam of Parshemari and (6) Minhaj Sardar of Barobhuyia under Batiaghata upazila of Khulna district (7) JMB operative of Barguna district Asadul Islam alias Arif (8) Matiar Rahman Morhol of Batiaghata upazila (9) Hossain Ali Morhol of Dumuria upazila (10) Shahid Golder of Batiaghata upazila (11) Babul Sheikh alias Bulu of Khulna City (12) Zakir Hossain of Fakirhat upazila of Bagerhat district, (13) Ibrahim Ali Sheikh of Batiaghata upazila (14) JMB cadre Rakib Hasan alias Russel alias Hafez Mahmud (15) Kamrul Islam Kanu also of Batiaghata upazila of Khulna district (16) Sukur Gazi of Khulna City (17) Md. Kamal Hossain of Rampal upazila of Bagerhat district (18) Muktar Sheikh alias Mukto of the same upazila of the same district and (19) Masum Billah of Sharankhola upazila of Bagerhat district.
Shah Alam Khan said that all these prisoners have filed appeal to the High Court for commuting death sentence. They are now waiting for the verdict of the High Court.
Notorious criminal Ershad Sikder was the last man hanged till death in Khulna district jail on April 10 in 2004.
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