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{{short description|Commemoration of the killing of four national leaders}}
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'''Jail Killing Day''' ({{lang-bn|জেল হত্যা দিবস}}) is observed by the [[Awami League]] (AL) of [[Bangladesh]] and many other political organization on November 3 each year. It commemorates the killing of four [[Awami League]] and national leaders: former [[Vice President]] [[Syed Nazrul Islam]], former [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh]] [[Tajuddin Ahmed]] and [[Captain (land)|Captain]] (Rtd.) [[Muhammad Mansur Ali|Mansur Ali]], and former [[Home Minister]] [[Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman|A H M Quamruzzaman]] on this date in 1975.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2015/nov/04/jail-killing-day-observed|title=Jail Killing Day observed {{!}} Dhaka Tribune|website=archive.dhakatribune.com|access-date=2016-10-10}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2013/nov/03/historic-jail-killing-day|title=Historic jail killing day {{!}} Dhaka Tribune|website=archive.dhakatribune.com|access-date=2016-10-10}}</ref>
'''Jail Killing Day''' ({{langx|bn|জেল হত্যা দিবস}}) is observed by the [[Awami League]] (AL) of [[Bangladesh]] and many other political organisations on 3 November every year. It commemorates the [[Jail Killing|killing]] of four [[Awami League]] and national leaders: former vice-president [[Syed Nazrul Islam]], former prime minister [[Tajuddin Ahmed]] and Captain (Rtd.) [[Muhammad Mansur Ali|Mansur Ali]], and former home minister [[Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman|A H M Quamruzzaman]] on this date in 1975.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2015/nov/04/jail-killing-day-observed|title=Jail Killing Day observed|work=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=10 October 2016|archive-date=11 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011055220/http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2015/nov/04/jail-killing-day-observed|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2013/nov/03/historic-jail-killing-day|title=Historic jail killing day|work=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=10 October 2016|archive-date=11 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011061046/http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2013/nov/03/historic-jail-killing-day|url-status=dead}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
Sheikh Mujib was killed in military coup. The coup leaders were overthrown in a counter coup by Brigadier [[Khaled Mosharraf|Khaled Musharraf]]. The assassins were to be sent into exile but before they left they decided to execute the four leaders imprisoned in Dhaka Central jail.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-209053|title=Jail Killing Day today|date=2011-11-03|newspaper=The Daily Star|access-date=2016-10-10}}</ref> Vice President Syed Nazrul Islam, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Tajuddin Ahmed and Captain (Rtd.) Mansur Ali, and former Home Minister A H M Quamruzzaman were shot and bayoneted by army officials inside [[Dhaka Central Jail]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/11/03/remembering-the-four-national-leaders-on-jail-killing-day|title=Remembering the four national leaders on Jail Killing Day|newspaper=bdnews24.com|access-date=2016-10-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/death-convicts-stay-safe-abroad-166501|title=Death convicts stay safe abroad|date=2015-11-03|newspaper=The Daily Star|access-date=2016-10-10}}</ref> Those killers, later, got indirect benefits from two [[President of Bangladesh]] [[Ziaur Rahman]] and [[Hossain Mohammad Ershad]].
[[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman|Sheikh Mujib]] was killed in a military coup; the coup leaders were subsequently overthrown in a counter coup by Brigadier [[Khaled Mosharraf|Khaled Musharraf]]. The assassins were to be sent into exile, but before they left they decided to kill the four leaders imprisoned in Dhaka Central jail.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-209053|title=Jail Killing Day today|date=3 November 2011|newspaper=The Daily Star|access-date=10 October 2016}}</ref> Vice-president Syed Nazrul Islam, former [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh]] Tajuddin Ahmed and Captain (Rtd.) Mansur Ali, and former [[Minister of Home Affairs (Bangladesh)|Home Minister]] A H M Quamruzzaman were shot and bayoneted by army officials inside [[Old Dhaka Central Jail]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/11/03/remembering-the-four-national-leaders-on-jail-killing-day|title=Remembering the four national leaders on Jail Killing Day|newspaper=bdnews24.com|access-date=10 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/death-convicts-stay-safe-abroad-166501|title=Death convicts stay safe abroad|date=3 November 2015|newspaper=The Daily Star|access-date=10 October 2016}}</ref>


== Victims ==
== Victims ==
* [[Syed Nazrul Islam]]- was the vice president and acting president of Mujibnagar Government, the first government of Bangladesh. He was the former vice-chairman of [[Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League|BAKSAL]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Islam,_Syed_Nazrul|title=Islam, Syed Nazrul - Banglapedia|website=en.banglapedia.org|access-date=2016-10-10}}</ref>
* [[Syed Nazrul Islam]] - was the vice-president and acting president of Mujibnagar Government, the first government of Bangladesh. He was the former vice-chairman of [[Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League|BAKSAL]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Islam,_Syed_Nazrul|title=Islam, Syed Nazrul |website=Banglapedia|access-date=10 October 2016}}</ref>
* [[Tajuddin Ahmed]]- was a lawyer, politician and the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh. He was a former finance minister and a member of parliament.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Ahmad,_Tajuddin|title=Ahmad, Tajuddin - Banglapedia|website=en.banglapedia.org|access-date=2016-10-10}}</ref>
* [[Tajuddin Ahmed]] - was a lawyer, politician and the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh. He was a former finance minister and a member of parliament.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Ahmad,_Tajuddin|title=Ahmad, Tajuddin |website=Banglapedia|access-date=10 October 2016}}</ref>
* [[Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman]]- was a member of parliament, he was elected president of Awami League in 1974. He was the Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation in the Mujibnagar government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Qamaruzzaman,_Abul_Hasnat_Mohammad|title=Qamaruzzaman, Abul Hasnat Mohammad - Banglapedia|website=en.banglapedia.org|access-date=2016-10-10}}</ref>
* [[Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman]] - was a member of parliament, he was elected president of Awami League in 1974. He was the Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation in the Mujibnagar government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Qamaruzzaman,_Abul_Hasnat_Mohammad|title=Qamaruzzaman, Abul Hasnat Mohammad |website=Banglapedia|access-date=10 October 2016}}</ref>
* [[Muhammad Mansur Ali]]- was the Finance minister of Mujibnagar government. He was the Prime Minister of Bangladesh in the Baksal government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Ali,_Captain_M_Mansur|title=Ali, Captain M Mansur - Banglapedia|website=en.banglapedia.org|access-date=2016-10-10}}</ref>
* [[Muhammad Mansur Ali]] - was the Finance minister of Mujibnagar government. He was the Prime Minister of Bangladesh in the Baksal government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Ali,_Captain_M_Mansur|title=Ali, Captain M Mansur |website=Banglapedia|access-date=10 October 2016}}</ref>


== Trial ==
== Trial ==
Nearly 29 years after the killings, those responsible went to trial. In the judgement, which was pronounced on October 20, 2004, during the [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh|premiership]] of Begum [[Khaleda Zia]], three fugitive former army personnel were sentenced to death, 12 former army personnel were sentenced to [[life term]] imprisonment and five people, including four senior politicians, like [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] (BNP) leaders A [[KM Obaidur Rahman]], [[Shah Moazzem Hossain]], [[Nurul Islam Monzoor]], [[Taheruddin Thakur]] and the then additional foreign secretary Khairuzzaman, were acquitted.<ref name=":0" />
Nearly 29 years after the killings, those responsible went to trial. In the judgement, which was pronounced on 20 October 2004, during the [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh|premiership]] of Begum [[Khaleda Zia]], three fugitive former army personnel were sentenced to death, 12 former army personnel were sentenced to [[life term]] imprisonment and five people, including four senior politicians, including [[Bangladesh Nationalist Party]] (BNP) leaders A [[KM Obaidur Rahman]], [[Shah Moazzem Hossain]], [[Nurul Islam Monzoor]], [[Taheruddin Thakur]] and the then additional foreign secretary [[Khairuzzaman (officer)|Khairuzzaman]], were acquitted.<ref name=":0" />


On August 28, 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 [[Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]]. This acquittal is being appealed to the [[Law of Bangladesh#Jurisdiction of the Appellate Division|Appellate Division]] of [[Supreme Court of Bangladesh]] by the prosecution.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jail Killing Day|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=208961|website=The Daily Star|publisher=The Daily Star|accessdate=17 August 2015}}</ref>
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 [[Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]]. This acquittal is being appealed to the [[Law of Bangladesh#Jurisdiction of the Appellate Division|Appellate Division]] of Supreme Court of Bangladesh by the prosecution.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jail Killing Day|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=208961|work=The Daily Star|accessdate=17 August 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102411/http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=208961|url-status=dead}}</ref>


The individuals who received [[capital punishment]] included<ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladesh executes Mujib killers |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8483988.stm |publisher=BBC |accessdate=2010-01-28 | date=27 January 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2013/nov/03/historic-jail-killing-day|title=Historic jail killing day {{!}} Dhaka Tribune|website=archive.dhakatribune.com|access-date=2016-10-10}}</ref>
The individuals who received capital punishment included<ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladesh executes Mujib killers |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8483988.stm |publisher=BBC |accessdate=28 January 2010 | date=27 January 2010}}</ref><ref name=":0"/>
*[[Lieutenant Colonel]] (Rtd.) [[Syed Faruque Rahman]] (appeals exhausted)
*Lieutenant Colonel (Rtd.) [[Syed Faruque Rahman]] (appeals exhausted)
*[[Lieutenant Colonel]] (Rtd.) [[Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan]] (appeals exhausted)
*Lieutenant Colonel (Rtd.) [[Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan]] (appeals exhausted)
*[[Major]] (Rtd.) [[Mohammad Bazlul Huda]] (appeals exhausted)
*Major (Rtd.) [[Mohammad Bazlul Huda]] (appeals exhausted)
*[[Major]] (Rtd.) [[A.K.M. Mohiuddin Ahmed]] (appeals exhausted)
*Major (Rtd.) [[A.K.M. Mohiuddin Ahmed]] (appeals exhausted)
*[[Lieutenant Colonel]] (Rtd.) [[Khondakar Abdur Rashid]] (absconded, now living in [[Libya]] and [[Pakistan]])
*Lieutenant Colonel (Rtd.) [[Khandaker Abdur Rashid|Khondakar Abdur Rashid]] (absconded, now living in [[Libya]] and [[Pakistan]])
*[[Lieutenant Colonel]] (Rtd.) [[Shariful Haque Dalim]] (absconded, now living in [[Canada]])
*Lieutenant Colonel (Rtd.) [[Shariful Haque Dalim]] (absconded, now living in Pakistan)
*Lt. Col. [[S.H.M.B Noor Chowdhury]] (absconded, now living in [[Canada]])
*Lt. Col. [[S.H.M.B Noor Chowdhury]] (absconded, now living in Canada)
*Lt. Col. [[Rashed Chowdhury]] (retired) (absconded, now living in [[Canada]])
*Lt. Col. [[Rashed Chowdhury]] (retired) (absconded, now living in the United States)
*Major [[Ahmed Sharaful Hossain]] (retired) (absconded)
*Major [[Ahmed Sharful Hossain]] (retired) (absconded)
*Captain [[Abdul Majid (officer)|Abdul Majid]] (retired) (absconded)
*Captain [[Abdul Majed]] (retired) (arrested on 7 April 2020 in Dhaka, executed on 12 April 2020)
*[[Captain (land)|Captain]] (Rtd.) [[Mohammad Kismat Hashem]] (absconded, now living in [[Canada]])
*Captain (Rtd.) [[Mohammad Kismat Hashem]] (absconded, died in Canada)
*[[Captain (land)|Captain]] (Rtd.) [[Nazmul Hossain Ansari]] (absconded, now living in [[Canada]])
*Captain (Rtd.) [[Nazmul Hossain Ansar]] (absconded, now living in Canada)
*[[Risaldar-major|Risalder]] (retd) [[Muslemuddin]]
*[[Risaldar-major|Risalder]] (retd) [[Muslemuddin]]
*[[Sergeant|Dafadar]] (dismissed) [[Marfat Ali Shah]]
*[[Sergeant|Dafadar]] (dismissed) [[Marfat Ali Shah]]
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== Reactions ==
== Reactions ==
* [[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]] described the incident as "very tragic and very shameful".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-208961|title=Jail Killing Day|date=2011-11-03|newspaper=The Daily Star|access-date=2016-10-10}}</ref>
* ''[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]'' described the incident as "very tragic and very shameful".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-208961|title=Jail Killing Day|date=3 November 2011|newspaper=The Daily Star|access-date=10 October 2016}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 06:13, 18 November 2024

Jail Killing Day
LocationOld Dhaka Central Jail, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Date3 November 1975
Attack type
Murder
WeaponsRifles
Deaths4

Jail Killing Day (Bengali: জেল হত্যা দিবস) is observed by the Awami League (AL) of Bangladesh and many other political organisations on 3 November every year. It commemorates the killing of four Awami League and national leaders: former vice-president Syed Nazrul Islam, former prime minister Tajuddin Ahmed and Captain (Rtd.) Mansur Ali, and former home minister A H M Quamruzzaman on this date in 1975.[1][2]

History

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Sheikh Mujib was killed in a military coup; the coup leaders were subsequently overthrown in a counter coup by Brigadier Khaled Musharraf. The assassins were to be sent into exile, but before they left they decided to kill the four leaders imprisoned in Dhaka Central jail.[3] Vice-president Syed Nazrul Islam, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Tajuddin Ahmed and Captain (Rtd.) Mansur Ali, and former Home Minister A H M Quamruzzaman were shot and bayoneted by army officials inside Old Dhaka Central Jail.[4][5]

Victims

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  • Syed Nazrul Islam - was the vice-president and acting president of Mujibnagar Government, the first government of Bangladesh. He was the former vice-chairman of BAKSAL.[6]
  • Tajuddin Ahmed - was a lawyer, politician and the first Prime Minister of Bangladesh. He was a former finance minister and a member of parliament.[7]
  • Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman - was a member of parliament, he was elected president of Awami League in 1974. He was the Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation in the Mujibnagar government.[8]
  • Muhammad Mansur Ali - was the Finance minister of Mujibnagar government. He was the Prime Minister of Bangladesh in the Baksal government.[9]

Trial

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Nearly 29 years after the killings, those responsible went to trial. In the judgement, which was pronounced on 20 October 2004, during the premiership of Begum Khaleda Zia, three fugitive former army personnel were sentenced to death, 12 former army personnel were sentenced to life term imprisonment and five people, including four senior politicians, including Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leaders A KM Obaidur Rahman, Shah Moazzem Hossain, Nurul Islam Monzoor, Taheruddin Thakur and the then additional foreign secretary Khairuzzaman, were acquitted.[2]

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 Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. This acquittal is being appealed to the Appellate Division of Supreme Court of Bangladesh by the prosecution.[10]

The individuals who received capital punishment included[11][2]

Reactions

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References

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  1. ^ "Jail Killing Day observed". Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Historic jail killing day". Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Jail Killing Day today". The Daily Star. 3 November 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Remembering the four national leaders on Jail Killing Day". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Death convicts stay safe abroad". The Daily Star. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Islam, Syed Nazrul". Banglapedia. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Ahmad, Tajuddin". Banglapedia. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Qamaruzzaman, Abul Hasnat Mohammad". Banglapedia. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Ali, Captain M Mansur". Banglapedia. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  10. ^ "Jail Killing Day". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  11. ^ "Bangladesh executes Mujib killers". BBC. 27 January 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  12. ^ "Jail Killing Day". The Daily Star. 3 November 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
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