Mohammad Bazlul Huda (died 28 January 2010) was a Bangladeshi Army officer who was convicted of the

assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman The first president of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and most of his family were killed during the early hours of 15 August 1975 by a group of young Bangladesh Army personnel who invaded his Bangabandhu Memorial Museum, Dhanmondi 32 resi ...

, president of Bangladesh. On 28 January 2010, Bazlul was hanged along with

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, Mohiuddin Ahmed, and A.K.M. Mohiuddin Ahmed in Old Dhaka Central Jail.

Career

In 1973, Captain Huda was posted to 1st Field Artillery Regiment in

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along with Major

Shariful Haque Dalim Shariful Haque Dalim (born 2 February 1946)
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. Dalim had gotten into a scuffle with the sons of

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leader

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. Later some officers and soldiers attacked the residence of Mostofa. The officers, including Dalim, lost their commissions in Bangladesh Army because of indiscipline shortly after. Huda met with other conspirators to finalize the plans on 14 August 1975. On 15 August 1975, Huda was part of the mutinous troops that attacked the home of President

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ( bn, শেখ মুজিবুর রহমান; 17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), often shortened as Sheikh Mujib or Mujib and widely known as Bangabandhu (meaning ''Friend of Bengal''), was a Bengali politi ...

. Huda along with Major S.H.M.B Noor Chowdhury had shot dead Sheikh Mujib as he was coming down the stairs. Major

promoted Captain Huda to Major at the home of Sheikh Mujib after Mujib and his members were killed. The assassins were protected by the government of

Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad (also spelled Khandakar Mushtaq Ahmed; – 5 March 1996) was a Bangladeshi politician. He was the President of Bangladesh from 15 August to 6 November 1975, after the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He was part o ...

that took power next, through the passage of

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. In August 1989 Huda had ordered Freedom Party, the party founded by the mutinous officers, activists to attack the

Bangabandhu Bhaban Bangabandhu Memorial Museum, also known as Bangabandhu Bhaban or Dhanmondi 32, located in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh, was the personal residence of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who was also called Bangabandhu, the founder and president of Banglades ...

when

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was staying there. On 11 February 1990 an Bangladesh Awami League rally was attacked by activists of Freedom Party killing one member of Bangladesh Awami League. Huda was arrested while fleeing from the spot.

Trial

On 2 October 1996

AFM Mohitul Islam AFM Mohitul Islam was a Bangladesh Awami League activist and the personal assistant to the first president of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. He witnessed the Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and filled the police case in this regard. Ca ...

filed a case over the murder of Sheikh Mujib and most of his family members in 1975. Dhaka sessions court on 8 November 1998 had given death sentences to Huda and 14 co-defendants. The convicts filled an appeal with

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. The High court gave a split verdict with one Justice confirming the death penalty of all 15 while another justice confirmed it for 10 of the accused on 14 December 2000. A third justice only confirmed the sentence of 12 of the accused. On 19 November 2009,

Bangladesh Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Bangladesh ( bn, বাংলাদেশ সুপ্রীম কোর্ট) is the highest court of law in Bangladesh. It is composed of the High Court Division and the Appellate Division, and was created by Part VI C ...

confirmed the death sentences of 12 of the accused. On 1996, Huda was arrested in Bangkok, Thailand on charges of shoplifting and ordered to be deported to Bangladesh. He declared himself stateless and applied for asylum U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.

Death

On 28 January 2010, Huda was executed at Dhaka Central Jail along with 4 other co-conspirators.

References

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