Bangabandu killer arrested in B’desh

Dhaka: A former Bangladeshi military captain, who was convicted for killing the country’s founder Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was arrested by the police in Dhaka on Tuesday.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal confirmed ex-captain Abdul Majed’s arrest and said he had been sent to court to “exhaust legal options”. Majed was one of the six absconding ex-Army officers who were handed down capital punishment after their trial in absentia. Minister Kamal said previous reports indicated Majed was hiding in India and he was arrested from Dhaka upon his return. The minister said Majed, a “self-confessed killer”, was not only involved in Bangabandhu’s killing on August 15, 1975 at his private Dhanmandi residence but was also involved in the subsequent murder of four national leaders in high security Dhaka Central Jail on November 3 in 1975. Majed’s predawn arrest was led by the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of the police in Mirpur based on a tip-off. (PTI)