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1977 Bangladesh mass executions: 9 October – November 1977 Bangladesh 1,143 The government of Ziaur Rahman carried out mass executions of military personnel, following a series of attempted coups in Bangladesh.According to official records, 1,143 members of the Bangladesh armed forces were hanged in two months Bhushanchhara massacre: 31 May 1984
On 6 September 1996, a prominent Bangladeshi film actor Salman Shah was found dead in his apartment. [6] The case is recently revived by the Dhaka Court. [7] His wife Samira Haque and businessman Aziz Mohammad Bhai is allegedly involved in the murder.
Five army officers led by Moslem Uddin Khan were refused entry to the jail by the deputy inspector general of prisons but were eventually allowed in on the orders of President Ahmad. [4] [5] The army personnel marched into the jail and shot the four leaders in their jail cell, killing all except Muhammad Mansur Ali.
Ershad Sikder, Ershad Sikder (1955–10 May 2004) was a Bangladeshi criminal and serial killer, known for committing various crimes such as murder, torture, theft, robbery, and others. He was sentenced to death for murder and subsequently executed on May 10, 2004.
Dhaka Central Jail was the largest jail in Bangladesh, located in the old section of Dhaka, the country's capital.The jail has been used to house criminals as well as political prisoners, especially during the Language Movement of 1952, the 6 Point Movement, and the Bangladesh Liberation War.
On 28 August 2008, the High Court division of Supreme Court of Bangladesh acquitted six former military men of the Jail Killing Case. Those who were found not guilty of the crime include Syed Faruque Rahman , Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan, Bazlul Huda and A K M Mohiuddin Ahmed, all these men were executed in 2009 for their involvement in ...
Bangladesh’s High Court on Monday commuted the death sentences of seven Islamic militants to life in prison for their role in a 2016 attack on a cafe in the capital, Dhaka, that killed 20 people ...
A mother with a photo of her son who became a victim of forced disappearance in 2013 (image by VOA). Extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances in Bangladesh refer to extrajudicial executions carried out by law enforcement agencies without due legal process and to abduction cases in which the government directly or indirectly kidnaps people and holds them incommunicado.