Khandaker Abdur Rashid

Khandaker Abdur Rashid is a Bangladesh Army officer and a fugitive assassin of the first president of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujib.[1][2]

Khandaker Abdur Rashid
AllegianceBangladesh
Service/branchBangladesh Army
RankLieutenant Colonel

Biography

He served in the Pakistan army and defected during the start of Bangladesh Liberation war. He was a close relative of Khandaker Moshtaque Ahmed. Khandaker Moshtaque Ahmed became the president of Bangladesh after the assassination of Sheikh Mujib.[3] he was a major at the time of the 15 August 1975 coup and assassination of Sheikh Mujib. He was part of the team that raided the armory of the 2nd Field Artillery on 11:30 pm August 15 to use in the coup. He was maintaining contact with Moshtaque throughout the time. The conspirators held several meetings in his residence in Dhaka cantonment.[4] He promoted to Lieutenant Colonel after the assassination. He returned to Dhaka during the regime of Hussain Mohammad Ershad. He formed Bangladesh Freedom Party with Syed Faruque Rahman. He was elected to parliament in the 15 February 1996 general election, which was discredited.[5] Faruque was his brother in law.[6]

He was convicted and sentenced to death in absentia for the assassination of Sheikh Mujib. He is in the United States as of 2016. Bangladesh government is trying to get the US government to extradite him to Bangladesh.[7] In 2016 the government of Bangladesh passed a law that allowed for the seizure of the properties of those convicted in the killing of Sheikh Mujib. Rashid's shares in Kushtia based Jubilee Bank were ordered to be seized by Bangladesh Bank.[8] His daughter Mehnaz Rashid is leader of the Freedom Party and was arrested in 2009 by Bangladesh police.[9]

References
  1. "Extradition effort continues for six killers". Dhaka Tribune. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  2. "Bangabandhu killing: Anisul for commission to find conspirators". The Daily Star. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  3. "The conspiracy behind the assassination of Bangabandhu". The Daily Star. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  4. "Shame darker than the night". The Daily Star. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  5. "Where are they?". The Daily Star. 19 November 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  6. "Scream of the assassin". Telegraph. Kolkata. Archived from the original on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  7. "Four could not even be traced". The Daily Star. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  8. "BB asked to confiscate bank shares of Bangabandhu killers". Dhaka Tribune. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  9. "Col Rashid's daughter held for blast link". The Daily Star. 24 October 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
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