// Shamsul Basunia //
BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and
Jamaat-e-Islami
Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid
have been hanged for the horrific crimes against
humanity they committed in 1971 to thwart
the independence of Bangladesh.
At this execution to verdict, voicing concern and
anguish- Pakistan
said that there is a need for reconciliation in
Bangladesh in
accordance with the spirit of Pakistan, India, and
Bangladesh Agreement of
April 9, 1974.
This statement angered the Bangladesh government
and summoned Pakistan envoy on Monday to
lodge formal protest as Pakistan expressed
‘anguish’ over execution of war criminals
Two politicians.
Earlier, Dhaka Central Jail Superintendent Jahangir
Kabir
confirmed that the two were executed at the same
time at 12:55am on Sunday.
With Sunday’s execution, Bangladesh has hanged four
war crimes convicts so far.Jamaat leader Abdul
Quader Molla was the first to walk the
gallows in December 2013 while
another leader of the same party
Mohammad Kamaruzzaman
was executed in April
this year.
Chowdhury, 67, and Mujahid, 68, were executed
after their petitions for presidential
clemency was turned down
earlier on Saturday.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court scrapped their
petitions for a review of their
death sentences.
In this way,Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina honored
her pre-poll commitment given to the
people by executing the capital
punishment handed down by
the country's Apex Court
against two top
war criminals.
Popular Upsurge popularly known as
“Ganajagaran Manch” spokesperson
Imran H Sarker says the execution
of death penalty of war criminals
Salauddin Quader Chowdhury
and Ali Ahsan Mohammad
Mojaheed has established
justice and rules of law
in the country.
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Bangladesh executes two opposition leaders for 1971
war crimes
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