Desk Report

President Zillur Rahman granted clemency to 20 Awami League activists sentenced to death for murder are being set free from Dhaka and Rajshahi Central jails anytime now.
Sadar Upazila Parishad vice-chairman Asadur Rahman Asad told UNB yesterday night that documents of the President’s granting their mercy petitions reached the Dhaka and Rajshahi jails on Thursday. They likely to be released today.
Dhaka Central Jail sources confirmed the receipt of clemency order. “We are examining the documents. They will be set free tonight or tomorrow,” a senior jail official told UNB. [Read More]

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Source: The New Nation