"Ali has been hanged to death (Saturday) at 10:30 pm (local time)," Proshanto Kumar Banik, superintendent of Kashimpur Central Jail on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka told journalists at scene.
Bangladesh Saturday evening ordered to execute death row war criminal Ali as he chose not to seek presidential pardon after losing the final legal battle.
Ali, well known as a key financier of Jamaat, was the sixth and one of the most influential opposition figures who have been tried in two war crimes tribunals which Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Bangladesh Awami League-led government formed in 2010 to bring perpetrators to book.
On Saturday evening, family members walked into the Kashimpur jail to meet him for one last time as authorities completed preparations to hang the war criminal.
Security has been beefed up in and around the jail, where 64-year-old Ali was kept.
As part of tightened security measures, paramilitary troops have been deployed in the capital to thwart any untoward incident in the wake of the execution.
[china.org.cn]
4/9/16
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