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2020-04-12 Bangladesh

Bangladesh executes killer of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

[DAWN] Authorities in Bangladesh have executed a killer of the country’s independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, nearly 45 years after the brutal liquidation, a prison official said.

Abdul Majed, a former military captain, was hanged at the central jail at Keraniganj near the capital, Dhaka, just one minute past Saturday midnight, said Inspector General of Prisons Brig Gen A.K.M. Mustafa Kamal Pasha.

He was arrested in Dhaka on Tuesday, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said, adding that the arrest was "the biggest gift" for Bangladesh this year.

Majed had publicly announced his involvement in the liquidation and had reportedly been hiding in India for many years. He recently returned to Bangladesh.

The execution took place after President M Abdul Hamid rejected a clemency filed by Majed, seeking mercy. His wife and other family members visited him for last time on Saturday.

Majed is one of a dozen defendants whose death sentence

...the barbaric practice of sentencing a murderer to be punished for as long as his/her/its victim is dead...
s were upheld by the country’s Supreme Court in 2009. A trial court in 1998 had sentenced them to death for their involvement in the Aug 15, 1975, killing of Rahman and most of his family members by a group of army officials.

Posted by Fred 2020-04-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top
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#1 Crime was 45 years ago, conviction 22 years ago, the guy was probably coming home to die anyway. Still, 4 days from cuffs to gallows? Impressive.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-04-12 10:52|| 2020-04-12 10:52|| Front Page Top

#2 The story is the guy woke up sitting in a rickshaw in the middle of Dhaka, surrounded by Bangladeshi police. Looks like a rendition operation by Indian intelligence agencies.

Posted by John Frum 2020-04-12 13:27|| 2020-04-12 13:27|| Front Page Top

#3 ^ that works fine too.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-04-12 14:46|| 2020-04-12 14:46|| Front Page Top

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