Two executed for killing freedom fighter Shafiuddin Ahmed

Two men convicted of killing Chattogram railway official and freedom fighter Shafiuddin Ahmed in 2003, were executed at Cumilla Central Jail on Tuesday night, reports UNB.

Senior jail superintendent Shahjahan Ahmed said that Shipon Hawladar and Naimul Islam were from Chattogram. They were hanged at 11.30pm.

Chattogram deputy commissioner Mohammad Kamrul Hasan, police superintendent Farooq Ahmed and civil surgeon Mir Mubarak Hossain were present during the execution.

All the mandatory legal procedures, including the autopsies of the bodies, were completed after the execution, Shahjahan said. "Later, the bodies were sent to their homes by the jail authorities."

On 14 June, 2003, Shafiuddin was shot dead at his home in North Ambagan Railway Quarters of Khulshi in Chattogram.

Based on a complaint from Mahmuda Begum, the wife of the victim, an FIR was filed by the police against 13 people.

On 25 November, 2004, the Chittagong Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal sentenced Shipon and Naimul to death, and seven to life imprisonment.

The four other accused in the case were, however, acquitted due to lack of evidence.