The process of bringing back SHBM Noor Chowdhury, one of the absconding people awarded death sentence for killing founder of the country Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, is in final stage, said the law minister.
'The matter to bring him back is in the final stage in a Canada court. He'll be brought back once the issue is resolved,' Shafique Ahmed said on Sunday.
The law minister, however, did not give any timeline for the extradition of Noor Chowdhury.
Shafique said this after a meeting of the inter-ministerial task force formed to bring back people from abroad who are sentenced or facing cases.
He said four other people accused in the Sheikh Mujib murder case had been located.
'I can't say anything about the locations. Law firms have been appointed to bring them back. They'll be brought back soon,' he said.
A group of army officers killed Mujib and most of his family on Aug 15, 1975.
Five of the 12 convicted killers -- Syed Faruq Rahman, Mohiuddin Ahmed, Bazlul Huda, Shahriar Rashid Khan and AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed -- were hanged in January last year.
The fugitives are Khandaker Abdur Rashid, SHBM Noor Chowdhury, Shariful Haque Dalim, Rashed Chowdhury, Abdul Majed and Moslehuddin. One convict, Mhammed Abdul Aziz Pasha, died in Zimbabwe.
The law minister, however, declined to comment when asked whether any step had been taken to bring back BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's two sons Tarique Rahman and Arafat Rahman Coco.
The home minister, Shahara Khatun, was also present.
Source : New Age
