Kashimpur prison authorities have confirmed receiving the official letter of rejection in response to Mufti Hannan's mercy petition to the president.
Senior Superintendent of Kashimpur Prison Mizanur Rahman said he received the letter on Monday afternoon.
He said: “We will take action as per the penal code.”
Earlier on Saturday, President Abdul Hamid rejected the clemency plea of the militant leader.
On Sunday, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said the execution could take place no sooner than three weeks and no later than four weeks after reading out the verdict.
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Mufti Hannan was the leader of Harkat-ul Jihad al-Islami Bangladesh (HujiB).
On March 21, the Supreme Court’s Appellate Division released the full text of its verdict confirming the death penalties of Mufti Hannan and two of his aides.
The HujiB militant group was formed in 1992 and claims to have carried out at least 14 attacks, killing more than 100 people in the pursuit of “establishing Shariah law in Bangladesh”.
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