In Bangladesh, two former Ministers have been hanged for war crimes committed during the 1971 Liberation war against Pakistan. Our correspondent reports Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid and BNP leader Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury were hanged in the early hours today in Dhaka Central Jail amidst tight security. The executions followed the rejection of mercy pleas of the two leaders by President Abdul Hamid yesterday. The Supreme Court had rejected their petitions to review the death sentences on Wednesday. With Mujahid and Chowdhury's execution, Bangladesh has hanged four war crimes convicts so far. <br/><br/>67-year old Mujahid, was sentenced to death by the International War Crimes Tribunal on July 17th 2013 for systematically eliminating Bengali intellectuals at the fag end of the Liberation War with the aim of aborting the birth of Bangladesh. 66-year old Salaudin Quader, from Chittagong, was given death sentence on Oct 1, 2013 for mass slaughter of Hindus and Awami League supporters. The Supreme Court had upheld the capital punishment for both the top politicians in June and July this year, and the International Crimes Tribunals issued the death warrants on Oct. 1