'Deporting killer of Bangabandhu from Canada in progress'
The foreign ministry yesterday said the government is in touch with Canada regarding deportation of Noor Chowdhury, a convicted killer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, from that country and the process is in progress.
“The government of Bangladesh has been in constant and deep engagement with Canada on the issue of deportation of Noor Chowdhury from Canada,” said a press release of the ministry responding to a media report.
“Cognizant of the legal considerations involved in Canada's part regarding any individual convicted with death sentence, Bangladesh believes that this is an ongoing process which is in progress,” it said.
It is understood that certain legal procedures are underway regarding Noor who, following a Canadian court verdict, is under order of deportation from Canada, it said.
The Canadian High Commissioner in Dhaka Heather Cruden told reporters emerging from a meeting with the foreign minister on Sunday afternoon that, “She (Foreign Minister Dipu Moni) did indeed raise the issue. I have committed to raise it again with my government. Of course my government has clear policy that we cannot extradite people to countries that have death penalty.”
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