Author: Ajit Jain
Publication: Rediff.com
Date: February 25, 2011
URL: http://www.rediff.com/news/report/bangladesh-founder-mujibur-rehmans-killer-lives-in-canada/20110225.htm
The man who killed Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,
the founding president of Bangladesh, in 1975, lives comfortably in Toronto.
Despite several rejections to his refugee claim, Ottawa can't deport him.
The Toronto Star recently reported that Nur
Chowdhury, who 'pulled the trigger on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman lives quietly
in a building in Etobicoke (Toronto)…Chowdhury was sentenced to death
for his role in the military coup that killed the president, his family and
others.' He has never been punished for his crimes.
When Rahman's daughter, Sheikh Hasina Wazed,
became the Bangladesh prime minister, her administration started criminal
proceedings against Chowdhury and 10 others. Bangladesh's senior diplomat
in Hong Kong at that time, Chowdhury was asked to return to his country but
he escaped from Hong Kong and entered Canada.
They were all sentenced to death in April
2001 in trials that Amnesty International reportedly declared were fair and
unbiased. Five co-conspirators were hanged in Bangladesh last January, but
Chowdhury continues to live in Toronto.
Canada won't deport him, as the Supreme Court
ruled in 2001 that Ottawa could not extradite fugitives without obtaining
assurances they would not be executed.
Chowdhury continues to be on the list of deportation,
and is required to report to the Canada Border Agency every week. He maintains
a very low profile and has consistently refused to speak to the media.
