Washington: Bangladesh has sought from the United States the deportation of its first president Mujibur Rahman`s killers who are reportedly living in that country.
The request in this regard was made by the visiting Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Dipu Moni during her meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the Foggy Bottom
headquarters of the State Department yesterday.
"I sought her cooperation in deporting the killers of the father of the nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, some of whom have reportedly been living in the US," Moni told reporters at a joint press conference with Hillary after the meeting.
Father of present Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the founder of Bangladesh and the country`s first president after it was separated from Pakistan in 1971.
Mujibur Rahman was assassinated by a group of junior Army officers on August 15, 1975. Nearly two decades after the assassination, one of the main coup leaders Colonel Syed Faruqe Rahman was arrested along with 14 other Army officers.
While some others who fled abroad are said to be living in the US.
Bureau Report
