List of Bangladeshi criminals

The following is a list of Bangladeshi criminals:

Fraudsters

  • Khaleda Zia was the prime minister of Bangladesh from 1991-1996 and 2001-2006. In 8 February 2018, she along with five other persons were accused of 'Zia Orphanage Corruption Case' for embezzling over Tk 21 million($252,000) from foreign donations intended for a charity named after former President Ziaur Rahman, (her deceased husband). [1]

Serial killers

  • Roshu Kha, being enraged by rejection from his lover, Roshu killed at least 11 garment workers, he pretended to pove[2] them, later killed them brutally. [3]

War criminals

  • Abdul Quader Mollah, On 5 February 2013, the ICT sentenced Abdul Quader Mollah, assistant secretary of Jamaat, to life imprisonment.[4] Mollah was convicted on five of six counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes.[5] He was accused of shooting 344 people and the rape of an 11-year-old girl.[6]
  • Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, On 28 February 2013, Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, the deputy of Jamaat, was found guilty of genocide, rape and religious persecution. He was sentenced to death by hanging. [7]
  • Muhammad Kamaruzzaman was indicted on 7 June 2012 on 7 counts of crimes against humanity. On 9 May 2013 he was convicted and given the death penalty on five counts of mass killings, rape, torture and kidnapping. He was hanged on 11 April 2015.[8]
  • Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury was sentenced to death by hanging on 1 October 2013.[9] and hanged on 22 November 2015.[10][11]
  • Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed was sentenced to death by hanging on 17 July 2013[12] and hanged on 22 November 2015.
  • Ghulam Azam was found guilty by the ICT on five counts. Incitement, conspiracy, planning, abetment and failure to prevent murder. He was sentenced on 15 July 2013 to 90 years imprisonment. He died of a stroke on 23 October 2014 at BSMMU.[13]

References

  1. ↑ Khaleda Zia jailed for 5 years
  2. ↑ Prothom-alo, 6 March, 2018
  3. ↑ Roshu Kha hanged
  4. ↑ "Bangladesh jails Islamic party leader for life". The Guardian. Associated Press. 5 February 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  5. ↑ "Bangladesh Islamist sentenced to life in prison for war crimes". Yahoo News. 5 February 2013. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  6. ↑ Hensher, Philip (19 February 2013). "The war Bangladesh can never forget". The Independent. London. Retrieved 28 October 2013. But critics of the so-called "Butcher of Mirpur" – who was convicted of [sic] beheading a poet, raping an 11-year-old girl and shooting 344 people – have been left fuming over the sentence, and are calling for him to face the death sentence, like fellow accused Abul Kalam Azad.
  7. ↑ Manik, Julfikar Ali; Yardley, Jim (1 March 2013). "Death Toll From Bangladesh Unrest Reaches 44". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  8. ↑ Jamaat-e-Islami leader Muhammad Kamaruzzaman hanged by Bangladesh for 1971 war crimes. Jagran Josh. 13 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Please spare his life, SQ Chy's family urges President". The Financial Express. Dhaka. 6 July 2007. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  10. ↑ "Bangladesh MP Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury to hang for war crimes". BBC News. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  11. ↑ Bartrop, Paul R. (July 2012). A Biographical Encyclopedia of Contemporary Genocide. ABC-CLIO. p. 374. ISBN 978-0313386787.
  12. ↑ "Top Islamist Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed gets death for war crimes in Bangladesh". DNA. Mumbai. 17 July 2013.
  13. ↑ "Ghulam Azam dies". bdnews24.com. October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
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