January 28, 2010 8:11 AM

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5 ex-army officers hanged for killing Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

<br/>The five death row convicts of Bangabandhu assassination case , who are former army officers, were hanged to death minutes after midnight, in the first hour today. Former Lieutenant Colonel Mohiuddin Ahmed and former Major Bazlul Huda were hanged first as the execution process started while former Lieutenant Colonel Syed Faruq Rahman was the third to be executed minutes later. Former Lieutenant Colonels Shahriar Rashid Khan and AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed were the last to walk to the gallows. Our Dhaka correspondent reports that the security had been beefed up around the Dhaka Central Jail as the executions were carried out.<br/>Down memory lane let us recall that fateful day when Mujibur was brutaly assassinated.

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