Two death row convicts--Dr Mia Mohammad Mohiuddin and Md Jahangir Alam--in Rajshahi University Professor S Taher Ahmed murder case will be executed at any time, as per the Appellate Division bench order on Tuesday.

Earlier in the morning, the Appellate Division bench led by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique dismissed the leave to appeal petition filed by the condemned convicts.

Now, there is no legal bar to execute the two death row convicts in the case.

On June 5, Rajshahi Central Jail authorities received a letter which sough president's mercy and, later, has been rejected by the President.

According to the rules, the condemned convicts have to be executed within 28 days after this letter is received by the jail authorities by post. And as per the rules, they will be hanged from today (July 25) to July 31.

The Appellate Division on March 2 this year rejected review petitions of three persons including the two death row convicts in Professor Taher murder case.

On April 5, 2022, a court in Rajshahi sentenced two people to death and two others to life imprisonment in the case.  The lifers are Nazmul Alam and Abdus Salam, relatives of caretaker Jahangir Alam.

Prof Taher's body was recovered from a drain near his residence, two days after he went missing on February 1, 2006.

On February 3, a murder case was filed with Motihar Police Station in Rajshahi, following a complaint lodged by his son Sanzid.

A Rajshahi Speedy Trial Tribunal on May 22, 2008, sentenced four people to death in the case and acquitted two others, including former RU Chhatra Shibir president Mahbubul Alam Salehi.

Later on May 13, 2013, the High Court upheld the death penalty of Mohiuddin and Jahangir, but sentenced Salam and Nazmul to imprisonment until death.

After the order, Mohiuddin, Jahangir and Salam moved the apex court.