Canada has become a hub for murderers': Bangladesh Foreign Minister backs India In an exclusive interview with India Today, Bangladesh

'Canada has become a hub for murderers': Bangladesh Foreign Minister backs India


In an exclusive interview with India Today, Bangladesh's Foreign Minister, AK Abdul Momen, opened up on Canada's refusal to extradite Noor Chowdhury, the self-confessed assassin of Bangladesh's founding father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

The diplomatic landscape is shifting. Following the heightened tensions between India and Canada due to the assassination of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Bangladesh has now voiced its own grievances against Canada's extradition policies. At the heart of this controversy is Canada's refusal to extradite Noor Chowdhury, the self-confessed assassin of Bangladesh's founding father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

In an exclusive interview, Bangladesh's Foreign Minister, AK Abdul Momen, made a bold and direct claim: "Canada must not be a hub of all the murderers. The murderers can go to Canada and take shelter, and they can have a wonderful life while those they killed, their relatives are suffering." This sharp critique underscores a growing sentiment among nations that Canada's extradition stance, especially its abolitionist position against the death penalty, is becoming a protective shield for criminals.

Momen further elaborated on the issue of capital punishment, stating, "Our judiciary is very independent and the government cannot intervene in that. But, [Noor Chowdhury] has the scope for a life sentence. If he comes back to Bangladesh, both Noor Chowdhury and Rashid Chowdhury can ask for a mercy petition to the president of the country. And the President may grant them the mercy petition and change it from execution to life sentence."

The Foreign Minister's words also touch upon a broader, global concern: the potential misuse of human rights. "The concept of human rights is being abused by many people at many times. This is really unfortunate because this has become at times an excuse for some people to protect killers and murderers and terrorists," he emphasized.