Nazmul Hossain Ansar (born 27 July 1952) is a former Bangladesh Army officer. He was convicted for the 1975 Jail Killing of four national leaders of Bangladesh following the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the president of Bangladesh. He is wanted by Bangladeshi authorities and is currently residing in Canada.

Career

Ansar was involved in the

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that killed

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975), also known by the honorific Bangabandhu, was a Bangladeshi politician, revolutionary, statesman and activist who was the founding president of Bangladesh. As the leader of Bangl ...

and removed his government from power. He helped form the post-coup government led by Khanadaker Moshtaque Ahmed. After the coup, Ansar was appointed third secretary at the Bangladesh High Commission in Canada. He was also promoted to the rank of captain. The government of Bangladesh requested his extradition in 1998 from Canada. On 1 May 2010, Ansar was acquitted in the case over the

Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first president of Bangladesh, was assassinated along with most of his family members during the early hours of 15 August 1975 by a group of Bangladesh Army personnel who invaded his Bangabandhu Memorial Museum, re ...

. On 5 May 2001, Ansar and 18 other army officers were charged in the death of 13 civilians who were killed by artillery shelling used during the

. On 21 October 2004, a Dhaka court sentenced Ansar to life in imprisonment for the killing of former Minister of Home Affairs Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman, former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Muhammad Mansur Ali, former Vice President of Bangladesh Syed Nazrul Islam, and former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Tajuddin Ahmed. The four national leaders were imprisoned after the

in the

. Ansar is currently living in Canada with the government of Bangladesh trying to extradite him.

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