Dhaka: Abdul Majed, the convicted killer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the nation's founder, and most of his family members, will be executed tonight.

Inspector General of Prisons Brig Gen AKM Mustafa Kamal Pasha told The Daily Star that Majed will be executed at 1200 midnight.

Some family members of Abdul Majed met him at Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj on Friday.

Earlier on Thursday, President Abdul Hamid rejected Majed's mercy petition.

District and Sessions Judge's Court of Dhaka issued a death warrant for Majed, who was arrested from Mirpur on April 7.

On April 8, Majed filed a mercy petition to the president, seeking clemency.

The Supreme Court on November 19, 2009, upheld the death sentences of Abdul Majed and 11 other self-confessed killers of Bangabandhu. Of them, five were executed on January 27, 2010.

Six other convicts including Abdul Majed remained at large. Another condemned killer died in Zimbabwe in June, 2001.

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