Bangabandhu Murder
Counsels appointed in Canada, US to bring back six killers
The government has appointed counsels in the USA and Canada for bringing six convicted fugitive killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman back to the country, said Law Minister Shafique Ahmed.
The condemned convicts are Khandaker Abdur Rashid, Shariful Haque Dalim, SHMB Nur Chowdhury, AM Rashed Chowdhury, Abdul Mazed and Moslehuddin Khan.
The law minister, however, refused to disclose how many convicts are hiding in the USA and Canada, and why it has appointed counsels only in these two countries.
He was speaking at a press briefing after a meeting with the taskforce constituted for bringing back the convicted killers of Bangabandhu at his secretariat office on Sunday.
Home Minister Sahara Khatun, Foreign Minister Dipu Moni, State Minister for Law Qamrul Islam and officials concerned were present at the meeting.
The law minister told reporters that the government has come to know the killers' whereabouts and is sincerely trying to bring them back to the country through diplomatic channels to execute their sentences.
He, however, hoped that the government can bring the convicted killers of Bangabandhu to the country after completing legal procedures, saying a significant progress has been made in this regard.
The Supreme Court on November 19, 2009 upheld a High Court verdict that confirmed the death sentence of 12 killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members on August 15, 1975.
On January 31, last year, five convicts--Syed Farooq Rahman, Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan, Mohiuddin Ahmed, Bazlul Huda and AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed--were executed following the Supreme Court verdict.
One of the convicted killers, Aziz Pasha, has already died while the remaining six are hiding in different countries to avoid the sentence.
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