The government has written to the US and Canada governments to hand over two Bangabandhu killers, currently staying in the two countries.
The letters were sent on Wednesday by foreign minister Dipu Moni to her counterparts - secretary of state Hillary Clinton and Canadian foreign affairs minister John Baird, director general of the external publicity wing Mohammad Shamim Ahsan told the news agency in the same evening.
Ahsan said the letters have been sent to Bangladeshi missions in Washington and Ottowa by fax, and those would be handed over to proper authorities in the respective ministries, along with notes.
'The same letters have also been sent to the Dhaka missions of the US and Canada,' he said.
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family were brutally killed in August 1975 by some army officials, and out of the 12 convicted, five were hanged in 2010, one died and six are absconding. One death sentenced convict lieutenant colonel (retd) M Rashed Chowdhury is now in the US, while another one, Noor Chowdhury, is in Canada.
Colonel (retd) Khandkar Abdur Rashid, lieutenant colonel (retd) Shariful Haque Dalim, Abdul Mazed and Moslehuddin are absconding, while Abdul Aziz Pasha died in Zimbabwe.
Interpol has issued a warrant of arrest against them.
The five convicted – Syed Faruque Rahman, Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan, Bazlul Huda, Mohiuddin Ahmed and AKM Mohiuddin – were hanged on Jan 28 last year.
