Bangladesh's 1971 war criminal Mueen-Uddin lives in £1m London home

Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin, the war criminal and al-Badr militia leader sentenced to death for the killing of 18 intellectuals during the final days of the 1971 Liberation War, is living in a £1 million home in London, media reports say.

A luxury black four-door BMW 5 series car was also in the driveway of his 1930s semi-detached home at a Southgate cul-de-sac, the Daily Mail says.

The International Crimes Tribunal in 2013 found Mueen-Uddin guilty in absentia of abducting, torturing and murdering nine Dhaka University teachers, six journalists and three doctors during the war.

But he has not been deported from the British capital as Bangladesh does not have an extradition  agreement with the UK.

The Daily Mail went to Mueen-Uddin’s home and attempted to speak to him directly. A woman in her 40s told the British daily that he was not there and would not be back for a couple of weeks.

Al-Badr leader Ashrafuzzaman Khan, who was sentenced to death alongside Mueen-Uddin in the same case, is living in the US.

The two were central leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami’s student front Islami Chhatra Sangha.

Following the verdict, Mueen-Uddin told bdnews24.com in an exclusive interview that he would not hang, though those who tried him might.

He fled to the UK after the Liberation War, gained citizenship, became a director of the National Health Service and had four children with his wife Farida, reports The Sun.

According to The Daily Mail, his neighbours did not know of his conviction for war crimes.

'They (the police) were here quite a few times over a short period of time,” a neighbour told the paper.

'It’s a bit shocking to find out someone with that sort of history is living so close. I have to say we don’t know anything about him, and never speak to them.

'It’s obvious the police and Interpol know he is here, but they must not be able to do anything about it," the Mail quoted the neighbour as further saying.

According to The Sun, Mueen-Uddin is among Interpol’s most wanted British fugitives and has issued a Red Notice for him.

Toby Cadman, a human rights lawyer in the UK, says he has launched an appeal against the Interpol notice.

"We are highly confident that the Red Notice in respect of Mr Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin issued by the Bangladesh authorities will be withdrawn,” he said.

"This conclusion is based on a number of factors and supported by a comprehensive body of expert opinion from UN Special Rapporteurs, international human rights NGOs, respected jurists and parliamentarians that have all criticised the judicial process at the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal.

"This body of expert opinion have declared the process a flagrant denial of justice," added Cadman, who lobbies internationally for the Jamaat leaders, many of whom have been convicted and hanged for committing atrocities in the War of Independence from Pakistan.