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Bangladesh hopeful about Bangabandhu killer Noor Chowdhury’s return from Canada as legal process begins
Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen has said that they are hopeful of bringing Noor Chowdhury, a convicted killer of Bangabandhu, back to Bangladesh from Canada.
Published : 27 March 2019, 09:28 AM
Updated : 27 March 2019, 10:36 AM
“The legal process has begun. Court hearings have already started,” he said, adding that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had discussed the issue during meetings with her Canadian counterpart.
“We are hopeful,” he said on Wednesday after a programme at the foreign ministry.
Noor Chowdhury. (File photo)
A federal court in Canada has recently heard the petition seeking the deportation of Chowdhury, a self-confessed killer of the father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on Aug 15 in 1975.
The Bangladesh government has been trying to bring him back after the Awami League came to power in 2009.
The foreign minister said they would also bring back all those living abroad who are convicted of crimes, including BNP vice-chairman Tariqe Rahman who was sentenced to life in prison by a Bangladeshi court for his involvement in the Aug 21, 2004 grenade attack.
The grenade was charged an attempt on the life of then leader of the opposition and current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
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