Interpol ‘red alert’ to nab Sheikh Mujib’s killers: Report

Thirty-four years after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was assassinated in a military coup,the country’s Supreme Court yesterday upheld the death sentence on five of his killers.

Seven others,who are absconding,were also convicted to hang by the apex court. One of them has been confirmed by the Foreign Office to have died in Zimbabwe recently. The apex court upheld the death sentence awarded to the 12 killers by a lower court in 1998.

According to The New Nation,the Interpol issued a ‘red alert’ to nab fugitives linked to the murder of Sheikh Mujib.

The Home minister said the government will send letters to all countries asking for their help in bringing back the absconding killers.

“Earlier we had sent such letters and now,after the apex court’s verdict,we’ll again send letters to all countries asking for their help in bringing back the absconding killers,” Khatun was quoted as saying by the Daily Star newspaper yesterday.

The six fugitives are sacked Lt Col Abdur Rashid,Shariful Haq Dalim,Noor Chowdhury,Rashed Chowdhury,Captain Mazed and Risaldar Moslem Uddin.