Noor Chowdhury, the murderer of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who is hiding in Canada, was seen on a television of the country. Canadian state television CBC aired an investigative report on him.
The 42-minute report entitled ‘The Assassin Next Door’ was aired on Friday midnight Bangladesh time in the investigative segment of the television ‘The Fifth State’. The report shows Noor Chowdhury on the balcony of his apartment in Toronto. Besides, Noor Chowdhury was seen sitting on the driving seat while leaving with the car. But he drove away without talking to the reporter. The search team of the Fifth State has tracked him down for a long time.
Etobicoke is an area 13 kilometers away from Toronto, Canada. The 70-year-old murderer of Bangabandhu lives on the third floor of a condominium there. Come to the balcony every afternoon. Although living freely in Canada, he was seen on camera for the first time.
Noor Chowdhury’s absconding in Canada and his return to Bangladesh to serve his sentence for murder have emerged in the report.
The High Commissioner of Bangladesh appointed to Canada said, except for this one issue, Bangladesh’s relationship with Canada is friendly. Not only as a Bangladeshi High Commissioner, but as a common man of Bangladesh, I want him to be sent back to Bangladesh.
Noor worked as a diplomat in different countries after Bangabandhu was shot dead. When Bangabandhu’s daughter Sheikh Hasina came to power in 1996, she fled Hong Kong and went to Canada. In 2006, Canada rejected his refugee claim and ordered him to leave the country. But if he returns to the country, he will be sentenced to death and asked for a security risk assessment. He is staying there taking advantage of Canada’s anti-death penalty position.
