Several requests by the Bangladesh government to extradite Noor Chowdhury have fallen on deaf ears and Dhaka may yet again move Ottawa on the issue, ET has reported.
Just as India is raising the issue of Canada giving a safe space to Khalistani extremists who carry out terror activities in India, Bangladesh has accused Canada of harbouring killers. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau kicked up a diplomatic storm by linking India to the murder of a Canadian citizen and Khalistani terrorist wanted by Indian security agencies, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was killed in a gurdwara in Surrey, Canada, in June. Trudea's accusation was based on "credible allegations The diplomatic spat has brought to light how criminal fugitives not only find a safe space in Canada but also keep executive acts of terror in India.
Bangladesh has jumped into the issue by accusing Canada of harbouring killers. Bangladesh foreign minister AK Abdul Momen has said Canada must not be a "hub of all the murderers". "Murderers can go to Canada and take shelter, and they can have a wonderful life while those he killed, their relatives are suffering," Momen said in a TV interview recently.
When asked about Bangladesh's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rehman's killer who continues to live in Canada, Momen said, "He’s having a good life in Canada. He has been there. We have been requesting the Canadian government to send back the self-confessed killer of Bangabandhu, the father of our nation. Unfortunately, Canada is not listening to us and they have come up with a variety excuses. So, we also went to the Canadian court to understand what is the status, since he has been staying in Canada for a long time." Momen said.
Who are the Bangladeshi assassins Canada is sheltering?
In 1975, a coterie of middle-level Army officers planned a coup to topple Sheikh Mujib's elected government and replace it with a military government. They chose August 15, India's independence day, to carry out the coup.
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