Dhaka, August 12: Bangladesh has launched a diplomatic campaign to track down and extradite six fugitive former army officers hiding abroad to escape death sentences in connection with the assassination of the country’s founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
“The diplomatic maneuvering is underway to get back the convicts home… Bangladesh will do everything necessary to bring the killers to justice,” Foreign Minister Dipu Moni told PTI.
Her comments came as the appeal hearing in the murder trail is set to resume soon.
Foreign Secretary Mohamed Mijarul Quayes said Bangladeshi missions abroad were equipped with necessary directives about the fugitives but refused to comment about their whereabouts due to the “sensitivity of the issue”.
He also parried questions on whether all the fugitives have been tracked down.
“I can assure you, at the end of the day the killers will be brought to justice,” he said.
–PTI