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| '''S.H.M.B Noor Chowdhury''', [[Bir Bikrom]], is a Bangladesh Army officer who was convicted for the [[assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]], President of Bangladesh, and for involvement in the murder of four national leaders in the [[Jail Killing Day|Jail Killing]].<ref name="auto">{{cite web|title=Muslem to die; Farook, Shahriar, Huda, Mohiuddin acquitted|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-52330|website=The Daily Star|accessdate=6 August 2017|language=en|date=29 August 2022}}</ref> He is currently a fugitive and is hiding in Canada. The Canadian government has refused to extradite him because he faces the death penalty in Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bangladeshi president’s alleged assassin, who now lives in Toronto, can’t be extradited: diplomat|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/bangladeshi-presidents-alleged-assassin-who-now-lives-in-toronto-cant-be-extradited-diplomat/wcm/5838d54e-0384-4079-8d6c-03c20ad6ab69|website=National Post|accessdate=6 August 2017|date=8 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=SC to hear appeal Dec 11|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-256301|website=The Daily Star|accessdate=6 August 2017|language=en|date=5 November 2022}}</ref>
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| ==Career==
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| In 1974, Noor was a major of the [[Bangladesh Army]] in The First Bengal Lancer unit. A major of the Lancers, [[Shariful Haque Dalim]], had gotten into a scuffle with the sons of [[Bangladesh Awami League]] leader [[Gazi Golam Mostafa]]. Officers from the Lancer then ransacked the house of Mostafa. This resulted in those officers including Dalim and Noor of losing their commissions in the army.<ref name="jnn">{{cite web|title=Farooq's confession|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/august-15-special-coverage/farooqs-confession-1269634|website=The Daily Star|accessdate=6 August 2017|language=en|date=19 November 2022}}</ref> In May or June 1975 Noor and other officers met with Khondakar Mushtaque to talk about the plot to remove Sheikh Mujib from power. The officers wished to remove the secular government of Sheikh Mujib and replace it with an Islamic law under [[Khondakar Mushtaque]].<ref name="fdn"/>
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| On 14 August 1975, the army officers met to finalize their plans for the next day. Noor was placed in the team that was to attack the residence of Sheikh Mujib, the President of Bangladesh.<ref name="jnn"/> Noor along with Major [[Mohammad Bazlul Huda]] shot and killed Sheikh Mujib while he was coming down the stairs.<ref name="fdn">{{cite web|title=Shame darker than the night|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/shame-darker-the-night-1270021|website=The Daily Star|accessdate=6 August 2017|language=en|date=15 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Dhaka to urge Interpol to track down Bangabandhu's killers|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-109114|website=The Daily Star|accessdate=6 August 2017|language=en|date=9 October 2022}}</ref>
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| The attack on 15 August 1975 killed [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] and most of his family members.<ref>{{cite web|title=Convicted killers stay safe abroad|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/convicted-killers-stay-safe-abroad|website=The Daily Star|accessdate=6 August 2017|language=en|date=3 November 2022}}</ref> After the coup, Noor was posted to the Bangladeshi embassy in Tehran as the second secretary. In 1996 when a Bangladesh Awami League government was voted to power, Noor was recalled to Bangladesh. He refused to comply with the government order and lost his job as a result.<ref>{{cite web|title=Govt to recover money spent on 7 killers|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-142786|website=The Daily Star|accessdate=6 August 2017|language=en|date=15 June 2022}}</ref>
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| On 3 November 1975 former acting [[President of Bangladesh|President]] [[Syed Nazrul Islam]], former [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh|Prime Minister]] [[Tajuddin Ahmad]], former [[Finance Ministry (Bangladesh)|Finance Minister]] [[Muhammad Mansur Ali]], and former [[Ministry of Home Affairs (Bangladesh)|Minister of Home Affairs]] [[Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman]] were killed by the mutinous officers in [[Dhaka Central Jail]].<ref>{{cite web|title=HC hearing of appeals against verdict starts after 4yrs|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-45692|website=The Daily Star|accessdate=6 August 2017|language=en|date=14 July 2022}}</ref>
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| ==Trial==
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| The Metropolitan Sessions Judge's Court of Dhaka had sentenced him to life imprisonment for the murder of four national leaders of Bangladesh in the 1975 Jail killing case and 11 other defendants were sentenced to life imprisonment; three to death.<ref>{{cite web|title=SC adjourns hearing till today|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-260816|website=The Daily Star|accessdate=6 August 2017|language=en|date=12 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Delivery of judgment on appeals begins|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-50957|website=The Daily Star|accessdate=6 August 2017|language=en|date=19 August 2022}}</ref> On 28 August the Bangladesh High court confirmed his life sentence.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web|title=2 more to walk gallows|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/muslemuddin-marfat-ali-hashem-mridha-to-walk-gallows|website=The Daily Star|accessdate=6 August 2017|language=en|date=30 April 2022}}</ref> The Supreme Court of Bangladesh called the jail killing a Criminal conspiracy after confirming the sentences of the accused on 1 December 2015. Majors present in [[Bangabhaban]] has asked the jailer at Dhaka Jail to provide the assassins with access to the four leaders.<ref>{{cite web|title=It was a criminal conspiracy|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/it-was-criminal-conspiracy-181171|website=The Daily Star|accessdate=6 August 2017|language=en|date=2 December 2022}}</ref>
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| ===Extradition===
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| The Canadian government has refused to extradite Noor as Noor has been sentenced to death in Bangladesh. The Canadian government has shown willingness to resolve the issue with Bangladesh through discussions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dhaka, Ottawa to find solution to Noor Chowdhury's extradition|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/politics/dhaka-ottawa-agree-solution-noor-chowdhurys-extradition-1285447|website=The Daily Star|accessdate=6 August 2017|language=en|date=17 September 2022}}</ref> Canada has reportedly not approved his application for political asylum.<ref>{{cite web|title=Death convicts stay safe abroad|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/death-convicts-stay-safe-abroad-166501|website=The Daily Star|accessdate=6 August 2017|language=en|date=3 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Three ex-army men to die|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/three-army-men-to-die|website=The Daily Star|accessdate=6 August 2017|language=en|date=1 May 2022}}</ref> Noor has proclaimed his innocence in an interview on the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Nur not innocent|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-176612|website=The Daily Star|accessdate=6 August 2017|language=en|date=6 March 2022}}</ref>
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| ==See also==
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| * [[Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]]
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| ==References==
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| [[Category:Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]]
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| [[Category:People convicted of murder by Bangladesh]]
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| [[Category:Bangladeshi lieutenant colonels]]
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| [[Category:Recipients of the Bir Bikrom]]
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| [[Category:Mukti Bahini personnel]]
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